Tree branch corset and method of attachment to a growing tree

Details Tree branch corset and method of attachment to a growing tree Tree branch corset and method of attachment to a growing tree

1989-07-11

1990-11-13

Raduazo, Henry E.

Special receptacle or package

For a plant, flower, or tree

47 21, A01G 1302

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049695550

ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment of the invention, a tree branch corset comprises a generally rectangular piece of fabric or other material, slightly gathered along the bottom edge thereof, and having a plurality of sets of mating fasteners attached along opposite side edges thereof. In use, the tree branch corset is generally positioned around the base of a growing tree, and the bottom several sets of mating fasteners are buckled around the trunk of the tree. The tree branch corset is then lifted into a somewhat funnel-shaped position around the tree while each subsequently higher set of the mating fasteners is in turn buckled, thereby progressively compressing the tree branches upward until the tree branch corset is completely in place, substantially covering and protectively embracing the branches of the growing tree in preparation for its being harvested. In another embodiment of the invention, a generally funnel-shaped tree corset fixture includes a plurality of sets of mating fasteners attached along opposite edges thereof and further includes a waistband section having a plurality of clips thereon for holding a tree branch corset in a vertically pleated position surrounding the waistband. A plurality of sets of mating fasteners attached to opposite edges of the tree branch corset are arranged to be generally simultaneously coupled after the tree branch corset has been placed in a position held by the plurality of clips so as to surround the waistband portion of the tree corset fixture. Installation of the tree branch corset is accomplished by buckling the corset holder fixture around the bottom of a growing tree, by then buckling the pleated tree branch corset in position under the plurality of clips and surrounding the waistband section of the corset holder fixture, and by then gradually lifting the corset holder fixture upward the length of the tree, thereby causing the pleated tree branch corset to gradually unpleat from under the plurality of clips, such that when the tree branch corset is totally unpleated it substantially covers and protectively embraces the branches of the growing tree.

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