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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2008
Erik Bornemeier, Layton, UT (US);
Jared Hendricks, Draper, UT (US);
Erik Bornemeier, Layton, UT (US);
Jared Hendricks, Draper, UT (US);
TreeKeeper, LLC, West Valley, UT (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to reusable tree cover systems and methods that may be used with live trees or artificial trees. The cover systems may be stored in a pouch placed around the lower trunk of the tree from which the cover or tree bag is withdrawn and pulled up to substantially enclose the tree for transport and/or storage. The reusable systems may be designed to facilitate removal of the cover systems from the stored/covered tree while minimizing the undesirable forces on the tree and the cover system. This may be done by providing features that facilitate removing the cover systems in an upward direction relative to the tree along the stored/covered tree. As this removal direction is the same direction used to store/cover the tree in the first place and matches the natural bending/storing direction of the tree, storing and removal are facilitated by these systems.