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Artificial shrub
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Inventors: Maddock, William H.;
Assignee: Noma Inc. (Scarborough, CA)
Primary Examiner: Epstein; Henry F.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Garrett; Kenneth M.
An artificial shrub or the like including at least one branch holder; said branch holder including a hub; a plurality of adjacent equispaced, radial walls supported from said hub; each said radial wall having a transverse aperture communicating with each lateral side thereof; a plurality of branches, each said branch having a u shaped hooked end thereto, said hooked ends being captured in said transverse apertures to thereby form hinge elements for said branches whereby said branches can be moved between a generally upstanding, stored position and an outspread position; means interconnected with said hub for supporting said branches in said outspread position. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is then an object of this invention to provide improvements to artificial shrubs.
It is another object of this invention to provide improved branch holders for shrubs.
It is another object to provide artificial shrubs of economic cost, and reliable performance which may have a pleasing aesthetic appearance.
It is yet another object of my invention to provide artificial shrubs which facilitate the connection of the branches to the holders, whether this is performed in a factory operation or by a user.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, an artificial shrub comprises a trunk having a plurality of branch holders axially spaced therealong.
Such branch holder comprises a hub, which may be integrated with the trunk or separately supported therefrom when the tree is assembled, and a disk-like flange radiating from the hub.
The flange has a plurality of radial walls upstanding therefrom, at least some of the walls being provided with a transverse aperture therethrough defining a bearing for a pivot element of a branch, and in which the pivot element is receivable and rotatable to permit the branch to swing in the axial plane of the trunk between a stored, upright position and a outspread position wherein it is supported by the flange.
A passageway connects the bearing aperture to a free edge of the radial wall which is generally remote from the outwardly facing end thereof, to permit the introduction of the pivot element into the bearing opening.
The inscribed circular dimension of the passageway adjacent the juncture of the passageway and the bearing opening is marginally less than the inscribed circular dimension of the bearing opening, thereby forming a trap to retain the pivot element in the bearing opening.
The stem of the branch is hooked, preferably by folding the end of the stem over into a U shape, with the bight of the hook forming the pivot element.
The transverse spacing between the arms of the hook is preferably such that the arms provide an interference fit and grasp the radial wall, so as to resist lateral movement of the branch and rotational movement about the axis of the stem
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Light Fixtures 
