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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2016
General Foam Plastics Corporation, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Eva Austin, Norfolk, VA (US);
Ashley Kinnaird, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Carol McMurtrie, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Gwen Owens, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Laura Luth, Norfolk, VA (US);
Gary Lawson, Suffolk, VA (US);
Margaret Heuisler, Chesapeake, VA (US);
Katherine Stapleton, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Sanford Caprow, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Jack Hall, Charleston, VA (US);
Chris Lemmon, Richmond, VA (US);
General Foam Plastics Corporation, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Abstract
An artificial evergreen tree is provided having a plurality of branch rings. Each branch ring includes a plurality of nests. A tree branch base is rotatably coupled to each of the plurality of nests and has a branch assembly coupled thereto. The branch ring includes bottom segment having a bottom segment electrical contact. The branch ring includes a top segment having a top segment electrical contact that is in electrical communication with the bottom segment electrical contact. The plurality of nests is positioned between the bottom segment and the top segment. The top segment of a first branch ring is configured to couple to the bottom segment of a second branch ring so that the top segment electrical contact of the first branch ring and the bottom segment electrical contact of the second branch ring are coupled in electrical communication.