Patent Publication Number: US-9895017-B1

Title: Ornament suspension assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to suspension devices and more particularly pertains to a new suspension device for suspending ornaments from a Christmas tree. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of hoops and each of the hoops is removably coupled to a Christmas tree. A plurality of rotation units is provided and each of the rotation units is selectively suspended from an associated one of the hoops. A plurality of ornaments is selectively suspended from an associated one of the rotation units thereby facilitating each of the rotation units to rotate the associated ornament. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of an ornament suspension assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a front perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new suspension device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the ornament suspension assembly  10  generally comprises a plurality of hoops  12  that each may be removably coupled to a Christmas tree  14 . The Christmas tree  14  may be an artificial Christmas tree  14  or the like. Moreover, a trunk  16  of the Christmas tree  14  includes a plurality of sections. 
     Each of the hoops  12  comprises a first ring  18  that insertably receives an associated one of the sections of the trunk  16 . The first ring  18  has an outer surface  20 . A plurality of arms  22  is provided and each of the arms  22  is coupled to and extends outwardly from the outer surface  20  of the first ring  18 . The arms  22  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the first ring  18 . Each of the arms  22  has a distal end  24  with respect to the first ring  18 . A second ring  26  is coupled to the distal end  24  corresponding to each of the arms  22  such that the second ring  26  forms a concentric circle with respect to the first ring  18 . 
     The plurality of hoops  12  includes a first hoop  28 , a second hoop  30  and a third hoop  32 . Each of the arms  22  corresponding to the third hoop  32  has a length that is greater than a length of the arms  22  corresponding to the second hoop  30 . Each of the arms  22  corresponding to the second hoop  30  has a length that is greater than a length of the arms  22  corresponding to the first hoop  28 . 
     The second ring  26  corresponding to the third hoop  32  has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the second ring  26  corresponding to the second hoop  30 . Continuing, the second ring  26  corresponding to the second hoop  30  has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the second ring  26  corresponding to the first hoop  28 . The first hoop  28 , the second hoop  30  and the third hoop  32  are distributed between a top end  34  of the Christmas tree  14  and a bottom end  36  of the Christmas tree  14 . The first hoop  28  is positioned near the top end  34  of the Christmas tree  14 , the third hoop  32  is positioned near the bottom end  36  of the Christmas tree  14  and the second hoop  30  is positioned between the first and third hoop  32 s  12 . 
     A plurality of rotation units  38  is provided and each of the rotation units  38  is selectively suspended from an associated one of the hoops  12 . A selected one of a plurality of ornaments  40  is suspended from each of the rotation units  38  thereby facilitating each of the rotation units  38  to rotate the selected ornament  40 . Each of the ornaments  40  may be Christmas ornaments of any conventional design. 
     Each of the rotation units  38  comprises a member  42  that has a first end  44  and a second end  46 . The member  42  is comprised of a resiliently bendable material such that the member  42  is wrapped around the second ring  26  corresponding to a selected one of the hoops  12 . In this way each of the rotation units  38  is removably suspended from the associated hoop  12 . 
     Each of the rotation units  38  further includes a motor  48  that has a top end  50  and a bottom end  52 . The top end  50  of the motor  48  is coupled to the second end  46  of the member  42  such that the motor  48  is suspended from the selected hoop  12  when the member  42  is wrapped around the second ring  26  of the associated hoop  12 . The bottom end  50  of the motor  48  rotates about an axis extending through the top end  50  and the bottom end  36  when the motor  48  is turned on. The selected ornament  40  is suspended the bottom end  52  of the motor  48  thereby facilitating the motor  48  to rotate the selected ornament. 
     The motor  48  may be an electric motor or the like and each of the rotation units  38  may be an electric ornament rotator. A power supply  54  is provided and the power supply  54  is positioned within the motor  48 . The power supply  54  is electrically coupled to the motor  48  and the power supply  54  comprises at least one battery  56 . 
     In use, each of the sections corresponding to the Christmas tree trunk  16  is extended through the first ring  18  corresponding to an associated one of the first  28 , second  30  and third  32  hoops. The Christmas tree  14  is assembled such that the first  28 , second  30  and third  32  hoops are distributed in decreasing diameter between the top end  34  and the bottom end  36  of the Christmas tree  14 . The plurality of rotation units  38  are suspended from the second ring  26  corresponding to each of the first  28 , second  30  and third  32  hoops. In this way the rotation units  38  are distributed around the Christmas tree  14 . The ornaments  40  are suspended from an associated one of the rotation units  38  and each of the rotation units  38  rotates the associated ornament  40 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.