Patent ID: 8251337
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A tree stand for supporting a cut tree in an upright position by the tree's trunk, the tree stand comprising: a sheet of flexible resilient material cut to form a plurality of retaining flaps extending inwardly from a perimeter portion of the sheet toward a centre thereof such that the retaining flaps will flex away from the perimeter portion of the sheet under forcing of a cut end of the tree's trunk against the center of the sheet to allow passage of a portion of the trunk therethrough while resiliently biasing back toward the perimeter portion of the sheet to engage a periphery of the tree's trunk; and a support structure comprising a closed bottom container having a base and an open upper end, the sheet being mountable on the container at a distance upward from a plane of the base with the sheet in an orientation extending along said plane such that the tree's trunk passing through the sheet is held by the retaining flaps in a position projecting upwardly away from the plane of the base; wherein the resilient flexible sheet is selectively lockable to the closed bottom container and removable therefrom.