Patent ID: 6497071
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A01G,A47G

Abstract:
A Christmas tree watering apparatus comprising:(a) a Christmas tree stand defining a basin having a base and a continuous sidewall, said base having a pointed pin upstanding therefrom for the securement of a Christmas tree, said sidewall having an opening therein, for the receipt of tubing, (b) a container comprising a separate box top and a separate water resistant box bottom, having a vessel for holding water removably disposed therein, said vessel being open at the top, and having a continuous sidewall and a floor, said sidewall including both a fluid level indicator means, and an opening, having an annular member therein, located at the lower end thereof, tubing fluidly connected at one end from the lower end of said vessel, disposed through an opening in the container for said vessel, and fluidly connected at the other end to an opening in the basin to permit water to flow from the vessel to the basin, wherein the fluid level indicator means has two fluid level markers, each of which level markers corresponds to one of the two levels of the water; the upper of which corresponds in elevation to about 1â€³ below the elevation of the top of the basin, and the second corresponds to the elevation of the tubing entry into the basin, such that the user knows to keep the water level between the two level markers to ensure no interruption in flow.