US 12,239,252 B2
Christmas tree and method of assembling a tree
Jonathan I. Kaplan, Palo Alto, CA (US); Ta-li Yu, San Francisco, CA (US); David Jason Wilkins, San Francisco, CA (US); and Nathaniel C. Roland, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to BALSAM INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY, Dublin (IE)
Filed by BALSAM INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/970,365.
Application 17/970,365 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/IB2021/053266, filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/012,552, filed on Apr. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043010 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A47G 33/12 (2006.01); A47G 33/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 33/12 (2013.01) [A47G 33/06 (2013.01); A47G 2033/1266 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An artificial Christmas tree, comprising:
a plurality of frame sections adapted to be assembled to form a tree frame, the tree frame having an outer frame portion adapted to support artificial tree features;
a hoist adapted to move one or more of the frame sections in a longitudinal direction of the tree frame;
a base;
an elongated support having a proximal end coupled to the base and an opposite distal end, the hoist coupled to at least one of the base and the support; and
an additional hoist coupled to the base and adapted to move the support between respective prone and erect positions.