Bruce A. Schooley and assignee Balsam Hill LLC were granted the patent for INVERTIBLE CHRISTMAS TREE on March 31, 2015. U.S. Patent No. 8,993,077.
This patent is an artificial Christmas Tree that 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.
We recently wrote about the company that produces these artificial trees. They had a float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and have been the artificial tree provider to many celebrities as well as the sets of many T.V. shows and movies.
