Plant husbandry – Tree trunk supporting base with liquid reservoir
Patent
1998-08-21
1999-10-19
Price, Thomas
Plant husbandry
Tree trunk supporting base with liquid reservoir
A47G 702
Patent
active
059668644
ABSTRACT:
A Christmas tree stand apparatus includes a receptacle sized and configured for supporting receipt of a lower end of a tree trunk therein and a base for supporting the receptacle and Christmas tree in an upright position. Sight gauges are viewable about the entire outer periphery of the tree stand to facilitate visual indication of an amount of water within a reservoir of the receptacle. The apparatus further includes a container for holding a charge of water and a flexible hose extending from the container with a distal end that releasably connects to fill ports on the receptacle to fill water from the container into the reservoir. Connection of the hose distal end to a drain port on the base and subsequent actuation of a release valve facilitates drainage and emptying of water from the reservoir into the container. Brace members include disc-shaped feet providing enlarged surfaces which engage and hold the lower end of the tree trunk within the receptacle, without penetrating the tree trunk, upon threaded inward advancement of the brace members towards a center of the receptacle.
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patent: 5121897 (1992-06-01), Sofy
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patent: 5369910 (1994-12-01), Copenhaver
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Downey P.A. Robert M.
Price Thomas
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