Global Patent Index - EP 2361028 A4

EP 2361028 A4 20120627 - INVERTIBLE CHRISTMAS TREE

Title (en)

INVERTIBLE CHRISTMAS TREE

Title (de)

UMKEHRBARER WEIHNACHTSBAUM

Title (fr)

ARBRE DE NOËL POUVANT ÊTRE INVERSÉ

Publication

EP 2361028 A4 20120627 (EN)

Application

EP 08878792 A 20081210

Priority

US 2008013587 W 20081210

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2010068188A1] An artificial Christmas tree includes a central trunk broken into two separate portions including a fixed trunk portion and a rotating trunk portion. The fixed trunk extends up from an underlying base. The rotating trunk rotatably attaches at a midpoint thereof to an upper end of the fixed trunk. Limbs are pivotably attached to the rotating trunk with optional lights coupled thereto. These limbs pivot between a perpendicular orientation extending from the rotating trunk and a collapsed configuration closer to a centerline of the rotating trunk. The rotating trunk 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 such 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.

IPC 8 full level

A47G 33/10 (2006.01); A47G 33/04 (2006.01); A47G 33/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47G 33/06 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2010068188 A1 20100617; AU 2008364940 A1 20110728; AU 2008364940 B2 20150910; CA 2781589 A1 20100617; CA 2781589 C 20160405; CN 201504969 U 20100616; EP 2361028 A1 20110831; EP 2361028 A4 20120627; EP 2361028 B1 20141126; EP 2361028 B8 20150107

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2008013587 W 20081210; AU 2008364940 A 20081210; CA 2781589 A 20081210; CN 200920300380 U 20090122; EP 08878792 A 20081210