Patent ID: 8230812

Claim:
An apparatus to prevent a pet climbing up a Christmas tree, said apparatus comprising: (a) a screen member having a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size, said screen member being formed from a pre-selected material screen member being substantially planar when in use; (b) an aperture, having a second predetermined size, formed through said screen member at a predetermined location for receiving therein a trunk of said Christmas tree; (c) a slit formed through said substantially planar screen member beginning at an outer edge thereof and extending to an edge of a perimeter of said aperture to enable placing said substantially planar screen member around said trunk; and (d) a means engaging each of said substantially planar screen member and a bottom branch of a Christmas tree, said means connecting said substantially planar screen member to said Christmas tree beneath bottom branches thereof so that an upper surface of said substantially planar screen member is positioned closely adjacent a bottom surface of said bottom branches.