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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105664 | Artificial decorative plant An artificial decorative plant assembles multiple branches first which are then assembled with a main stem. Each branch is composed of a rod with resilience, a securing piece and multiple branch strips. The securing piece has two longitudinal sides and multiple clam... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7524544 | Realistic model plant structure An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to create plant model with realism. A tree core having a trunk and branches is created. The tree core is pre-coated with a clear oil-based liquid. A coat is formed to cover the tree core with a composite mixture.... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7371442 | Artificial foliage An artificial foliage structure with wire cores embedded in its leafy parts causing these parts to “spring back” upon removal of compressive loading acting thereupon. These wire cores may be made of hard, springy steel such as piano wire or small diameter spring... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357366 | Sports pole mounting structure A sports pole mounting structure for supporting sports equipment in a pool environment capable of repeated assembly and removal. The mounting structure includes a bracket and a collar securely engaging existing in-ground sleeves traditionally found around pool envir... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322137 | Dynamic display air inflatable device The invention is directed to an inflatable display that has a plurality of inflation modules. The modules are inflated by a fan element. More specifically, a first inflation module is formed from a permeable material and configured to represent a predetermined shape... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320816 | Collapsible decorative structure A novel decorative structure includes a length of strand material, having a plurality of individual strands twisted with respect to one another and fixed with respect to one another near a first end of the strands, a twisting member having a plurality of apertures f... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314202 | System for suspending decorative trees A hanging assembly for suspending a decorative tree, such as a Christmas tree, from an overhead support and a method of suspending a decorative tree from an overhead support are provided. An anchor is installed into the overhead support structure. A suspension membe... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310910 | Floral arrangement holding assembly and method A device and method for helping a floral designer create a floral arrangement that is well balanced in its distribution of flowers and greens. The device includes a three-dimensional foam structure that has a plurality of different levels. Each of the different leve... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7288298 | Configuration of figural ornament A human-shaped adornment includes a supporting holder, which comprising a base and a supporting component; and a spiraled frame having a same axis with the supporting component. The spiraled frame includes a plurality of rings, which outline along its axis direction... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7257551 | Year-round decorative lights with selectable holiday color schemes and associated methods A decorative light strand has user-selectable color schemes corresponding to each holiday for year-round use. In one illustrative embodiment, the light strand has a plurality of lights; a decorating selector comprising a switch which provides a plurality of user-sel... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7232596 | Refined structure for artificial Christmas tree The present invention is related to a technological field of decoration, and more particularly to a structure of an artificial tree, wherein the trunk main body has multiple sets of plugging holes, which are circularly arranged, longitudinally mounted thereon and th... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226645 | Portable personal palm tree An artificial palm tree constructed from modular components which are combined in various ways to produce a palm tree having different characteristics for use as a beach umbrella. The palm tree consists of a base, a trunk mounted on the base, a tree heart mounted on... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7182983 | Artificial christmas tree An artificial Christmas tree comprising a plurality of tiers configured to facilitate assembly for use and disassembly for storage including a lower substantially frustum conical tier to support an open mesh substructure to receive and support a plurality of simulat... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7163725 | Display tree with bubble trunk A display representing a tree, such as a Christmas tree, has a trunk made of a hollow tube and held by a base in substantially vertical position. A liquid, such as water, is placed in the tube and an air supply in or near the bottom of the tube generates bubbles tha... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160588 | Artificial Christmas tree and cover system An artificial Christmas tree and storage cover a trunk and progressively larger branches from the top to near the base of the tree. The tree trunk rests in a central bore of a frustoconical base and has at least three swivel castor wheels mounted on the lower wall, ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153418 | Artificial pond An artificial pond having a motor pump unit with a brushless permanent magnet synchronous alternating current motor that is wound for operation on an alternating current voltage not greater than fifteen volts, and a step down transformer that converts 120 volts AC t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144610 | Display tree A display tree for electrical ornaments has a support tube. A male electrical plug is connected to the support tube upper end. A female electrical socket is connected to the support tube lower end. A flange electrical contact is electrically connected to the female ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128954 | Trunk joint for an artificial tree Disclosed is a trunk joint for an artificial tree which comprises a tube member having a first diameter. A collar having a base extends from the tube member and having a second diameter different to the first diameter and the base defines at least a supporting openi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122230 | Controlled diameter collapsible artificial christmas tree The invention relates to an artificial tree that can be reduced in diameter by rotating its branches inward and along the length of the tree's trunk. The rotation of the branches is initiated by the rotation of the threaded inner core which is coaxially placed withi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118788 | Artificial saguaro cactus An artificial saguaro cactus having a cactus trunk indicating section having an annular wall; a multiplicity of apertures extending through the annular wall, the apertures being arranged in a plurality of vertically extending series, the annular wall being alternate... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7097889 | Artificial barrel cactus An artificial barrel cactus consisting of a plurality of sickles; and a plurality of welds laterally interconnecting and radially arranging the sickles about a vertical axis. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093390 | Floral bouquet wrapper A bouquet of flowers is wrapped with a leaf-shaped sheet that creates a floral presentation having a common floral theme. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088895 | Optical fiber twig tree The present invention discloses an optical fiber twig tree, which comprises a plurality of plastic optical fiber bundles and a stand structure; wherein the plastic optical fiber bundles are designed in a shape corresponding to the branches of the optical fiber twig ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081217 | Method for making plastic materials using recyclable plastics A method of making plastic materials, such as plastic lumber, wherein recyclable plastics are sorted into at least two categories and the recyclable plastics in each category are then shredded and chipped, extruded, and mixed with selected colour concentrates to pro... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7051839 | Camouflage device for equipment legs A device for providing three dimensional camouflage to a hunter's ladder stand having a seat, footrest, side rails and a plurality of rungs. The device has a hollow plastic tube with a split and holes through which a plurality of stalks of artificial vegetation are ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7036278 | Bird deflector devices and methods A bird deterring device has a base and a stem, wherein a plurality of spikes are coupled to the stem and/or base, and wherein the distal ends of the spikes have an anti-condensation drip element to avoid or reduce drip marks produced by previously known devices.... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6951405 | Decorative light strings with combinative tree The present invention relates to a kind of decorative light strings with combination tree, including a long trunk to be composed of many short pipes, the height of tree lamp can be adjustable by the number of the short pipe; base frame is to use a support surface to... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6936314 | Three-dimensional artificial tree An expandable tree-shaped device is formed from a sheet of material which includes a central apex and a plurality of spaced apart spiral strips extending therefrom, with the spiral strips being substantially coaxial to the central apex and to one another. The centra... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6928774 | Enveloping body The invention relates to a covering body for masts of construction cranes, electricity lines, or the like with an outer covering which is designed to partially or totally encase a mast in the direction of extension and/or peripheral direction and which furthermore h... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923641 | Article of manufacture and method for tree shaped candle holder A tree shaped candle holder having at least one twisted tree wire that has a root end and a branch end. At least one bead is wrappingly connected to the tree wire adjacent to the branch end. At least one votive cup is wrappingly connected to the tree wire. A base is... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918692 | Decorative optical fiber artificial plant A decorative optical fiber artificial plant has a base and an artificial foliage arrangement. The base has a housing and a colored light generator mounted in the housing. The artificial foliage arrangement is composed of multiple optical fibers and is connected to a... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6861108 | Method, apparatus and kit for attaching artificial flowers to non-blooming live vegetation to simulate blooming thereof Novel methods, apparatus and kits to provide a new presently-untapped market for state-of-the-art artificial flowers presently sold only as part of artificial plant assemblies that include artificial stems, branches, leaves, etc., the invention comprising various no... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6818264 | Corner/wall situated Christmas tree stand A corner/wall situated Christmas tree stand for enabling a user to set up a Christmas tree against a wall or in a corner in a confined living quarters. The corner/wall situated Christmas tree stand includes a base assembly including a tubular support base having a w... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6811836 | Display tree with bubble trunk A display representing a tree, such as a Christmas tree, has a trunk made of a hollow tube and held by a base in substantially vertical position. A liquid, such as water, is placed in the tube and an air supply in or near the bottom of the tube generates bubbles tha... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6696116 | Device and method for flowing pellets Pellets which may, for example, simulate snow are brought to a position such as the top of a tree from where they are dispensed. After falling to the bottom. the pellets are collected and re dispensed. The pellets are blown through a venturi tube and from... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6689428 | Artificial bark for a decorative tree The present invention provides an artificial bark for a decorative tree and a method of creating the material and applying it. The artificial bark includes an undercoat preferably made of a foamable plastic coating, a top coat also preferably made of a fo... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6663921 | Collapsible Christmas tree A novel decorative structure includes a length of strand material, having a plurality of individual strands twisted with respect to one another and fixed with respect to one another near a first end of the strands, and a twisting member having a plurality... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6658797 | Antenna support structure with palm tree skirt An antenna support structure has the outward appearance of a palm tree. The antenna support structure has a vertical support pole with an upper portion, an intermediate portion and a lower portion. The lower portion is of a color and texture to resemble t... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6656564 | Ceramic honeycomb structure A ceramic honeycomb structure (1) constituted by cell walls (ribs) (2) forming a composite structure from a plurality of cells (3) being adjacent each other and a honeycomb outer wall (4) surrounding and holding the outermost peripheral cells located at t... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6652927 | Simulated christmas tree A simulated Christmas tree is comprised of an array, or net, of interconnected light strings, tie wires and semi-rigid hoops. Spaced apart segments of light strings run downwardly from a hub which is at the top of a center pole that extends from a base. T... | 11/25/2003 |
