Patent ID: 7775360

Claim:
A reusable tree storage and transportation bag for containing tree leaves and needles during transport and disposal and for containing artificial trees comprising: a storage pouch configured to store a bag and configured to fit around a trunk of a tree; and a tree bag configured to substantially enclose the tree, the tree bag comprising: a base opening attached to the storage pouch; sides extending outward and upward from the base opening; a substantially-circular top opening large enough to permit the top opening to pass around the branches of the tree as the top opening is drawn vertically from the bottom of the tree to the top of the tree; and a lower opening extending upward from the storage pouch along the tree bag and sized to permit passage of the tree through the lower opening; wherein the storage pouch and the tree bag are configured so as to be able to assume at least two configurations: a first stored configuration wherein the tree bag is contained within the storage pouch, and a second deployed configuration wherein the bag is extended from the storage pouch upward and outward to form the tree bag, and wherein the storage pouch is sufficiently elastic to permit the storage pouch to be stretched and pulled over the bottom of the trunk of the tree when the tree bag is in the second deployed configuration substantially enclosing the tree, whereby the tree may be removed through the lower opening of the tree bag.