公开(公告)号：US20180160836A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15881199

申请日：2018-01-26

Applicant: BALSAM INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY

Inventor： BRUCE A. SCHOOLEY

IPC: A47G33/06 ,  A47G33/12

CPC classification number: A47G33/06 ,  A47G33/12 ,  A47G2033/1273 ,  Y10T29/49716

Abstract: An artificial Christmas tree includes a central trunk broken into at least two separate portions including a fixed trunk portion and at least one rotating trunk portion. The fixed trunk extends up from an underlying base. Rotating trunks rotatably attach at midpoints thereof at least indirectly to an upper end of the fixed trunk. Limbs are pivotably attached to the rotating trunks with optional lights coupled thereto. These limbs pivot between a perpendicular orientation extending from the rotating trunks and a collapsed configuration closer to a centerline of the rotating trunks. The rotating trunks can be pivoted from a first collapsed configuration with a first end above a second end to a deployed configuration with the second end above the first end. During pivoting, the limbs attached to the rotating trunk transition between a collapsed to a deployed configuration automatically. A wheeled base and cover further facilitate storage and deployment.

公开(公告)号：US20200229629A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-23

申请号：US16840007

申请日：2020-04-03

Applicant: BALSAM INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY

Inventor： BRUCE A. SCHOOLEY

IPC: A47G33/06 ,  A47G33/12

Abstract: An artificial Christmas tree includes a central trunk broken into at least two separate portions including a fixed trunk portion and at least one rotating trunk portion. The fixed trunk extends up from an underlying base. Rotating trunks rotatably attach at midpoints thereof at least indirectly to an upper end of the fixed trunk. Limbs are pivotably attached to the rotating trunks with optional lights coupled thereto. These limbs pivot between a perpendicular orientation extending from the rotating trunks and a collapsed configuration closer to a centerline of the rotating trunks. The rotating trunks can be pivoted from a first collapsed configuration with a first end above a second end to a deployed configuration with the second end above the first end. During pivoting, the limbs attached to the rotating trunk transition between a collapsed to a deployed configuration automatically. A wheeled base and cover further facilitate storage and deployment.

公开(公告)号：US20210153679A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17170249

申请日：2021-02-08

Applicant: BALSAM INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY

Inventor： BRUCE A. SCHOOLEY

IPC: A47G33/06 ,  A47G33/12

Abstract: An artificial Christmas tree includes a central trunk broken into at least two separate portions including a fixed trunk portion and at least one rotating trunk portion. The fixed trunk extends up from an underlying base. Rotating trunks rotatably attach at midpoints thereof at least indirectly to an upper end of the fixed trunk. Limbs are pivotably attached to the rotating trunks with optional lights coupled thereto. These limbs pivot between a perpendicular orientation extending from the rotating trunks and a collapsed configuration closer to a centerline of the rotating trunks. The rotating trunks can be pivoted from a first collapsed configuration with a first end above a second end to a deployed configuration with the second end above the first end. During pivoting, the limbs attached to the rotating trunk transition between a collapsed to a deployed configuration automatically. A wheeled base and cover further facilitate storage and deployment.

公开(公告)号：US20190174943A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US16279618

申请日：2019-02-19

Applicant: BALSAM INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY

Inventor： BRUCE A. SCHOOLEY ,  THOMAS M. HARMAN

IPC: A47G33/12 ,  A47G33/06

Abstract: A base unit for an ornamental tree is provided that includes a ground support portion adapted to rest upon an underlying surface. The base unit of further includes an adjustable riser attached to and extending upwardly from the ground support to terminate in a distal end portion, the distal end portion of the riser being configured to support a trunk of the ornamental tree. The adjustable riser comprises an adjustment component to adjust the height of the ornamental tree between the ground support portion and the distal end portion of the riser between a first and a second height.

公开(公告)号：US20170135511A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US15353199

申请日：2016-11-16

Applicant: BALSAM INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY

Inventor： BRUCE A. SCHOOLEY

IPC: A47G33/06 ,  A47G33/12

CPC classification number: A47G33/06 ,  A47G33/12 ,  A47G2200/08

Abstract: In one example, an artificial Christmas tree is provided which can be readily inverted and which has limbs rotatably attached to a central trunk for automatic deployment of the limbs of the Christmas tree upon such inversion of the Christmas tree. To facilitate such inversion, the trunk includes at least two trunk portions including a first trunk portion adapted to be supported above a floor and at least one second trunk portion rotatably attached to the first trunk portion, at least indirectly, through at least one rotatable coupling. The first trunk portion extends from a lower end to an upper end with the rotatable coupling located closer to the upper end than to the lower end and typically adjacent the upper end.