Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Three dimension imitation or 'treated' natural product – Flora
Patent
1990-12-05
1992-02-04
Epstein, Henry F.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Three dimension imitation or 'treated' natural product
Flora
156 61, A41G 100
Patent
active
050859005
ABSTRACT:
An artificial palm tree apparatus comprises a trunk, having a cylindrically shaped axial cavity, a cylindrically shaped cap having a plurality of cylindrically shaped ferrules rigidly secured to the outer cylindrical surface of the cap such that the axis of each of the ferrules is substantially parallelly aligned with the axis of the cap, a plurality of fronds, and a support tube. The trunk is constructed of long strips of glass fibers embedded in hardened resin. Each of the fronds is constructed of a rod and a plurality of artificial leaves spaced along the rod and secured thereto with an all-weather tape. One of each of the fronds is inserted through one of the ferrules and rigidly secured thereto by tightening a pair of nuts on a threaded end of a respective rod against opposite ends of the respective ferrule. The trunk is installed by embedding a portion of the support tube in the ground and telescoping the trunk cavity over the portion of the support tube extending upwardly from the ground. The cap with fronds secured thereto is telescoped over the upper end of the trunk. A first modified embodiment of the artificial palm tree apparatus has a trunk which is sectioned and one or more couplings for connecting the sections together during installation. A second modified embodiment of the artificial palm tree apparatus has a cap having a plurality of non-cylindrically shaped receivers, each of which operably receives a smaller, similarly shaped insert member rigidly secured to the base end of a respective frond.
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