Patent ID: 8201972

Claim:
A decorative tree comprising: (a) a trunk; (b) a support base for supporting the decorative tree on a surface; (c) an extension pole connecting the trunk and the support base and extending the trunk away from the support base; (d) a plurality of double limbs connected to the trunk by a branch joint, each of the double limbs comprising two individual limbs joined at the branch joint, the two individual limbs being oblique to each other at an angle of about ten to sixty degrees, the plurality of double limbs being six double limbs; (e) a plurality of individual limbs connected to the trunk, the plurality of individual limbs being three individual limbs; (f) controlling electronics; where each of the individual limbs comprises: (i) a molded branch formed around a structural rod, the structural rod providing rigidity to the molded branch, and (ii) a plurality of lamp stems including a tip lamp stem and a plurality of lateral lamp stems, the plurality of lamp stems being eight lamp stems and the plurality of lateral lamp stems being seven lateral lamp stems, each lamp stem having an anode lead, a cathode lead, and a stiffening rod wrapped in a smooth sheath, the stiffening rod having flattened ends, where each lamp stem terminates in a molded lamp holder, the molded lamp holder supporting an LED and a limb ornament, the limb ornament being an ornamental blossom, the LED having a lamp portion with a light permeable surface, the LED further having an anode and a cathode, the anode being electrically connected to the anode lead and the cathode being electrically connected to the cathode lead, and where each lateral lamp stem connects to the molded branch at a molded branch fork and the tip lamp stem connects to an end of the stiffening rod; and where the controlling electronics are electrically connected to each cathode lead and each anode lead and provide an operating signal to the LED.