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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Patent Innovations Llc, West Henrietta, NY (US);
Inventors:
John M. Hammond, Livonia, NY (US);
Bryan Edwards, Rochester, NY (US);
Christopher Hartman, Lancaster, PA (US);
Michael Kenney, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Patent Innovations LLC, West Henrietta, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 13/00 (2006.01); A47G 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 33/1226 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tree stand comprising a supporting base including an upwardly facing hemispherical socket, a positioning sphere having a cavity for receiving a trunk of the tree, and a collar engageable by threads with the base and comprising a flange, wherein the positioning sphere may be disposed in the hemispherical cavity, and the compression collar maximally threadably engaged with the base, thereby contacting the flange with the sphere and immobilizing the sphere in the socket.