Patent ID: 7131621

Claim:
An adjustable stand assembly, said adjustable stand assembly adapted to mount a workpiece, such as a tree, to stand upright in a vertical orientation, comprising a stand assembly, a cover, a bowl and a base; wherein: a. said stand assembly has a pot, said pot adapted to be being firmly attached to the base of a tree trunk; b. said cover has a central opening defined therein, said central opening being adapted to receive said pot; said cover has a sloping upper surface, said sloping upper surface terminating into a down and outward slanted lip, thereby making it easier to install said cover snugly over and enclosing said bowl; c. said pot is circular in cross section and has at least two guide holes defined therein, said guide holes being located towards an upper rim of said pot, said guide holes being positionally opposed to each other, said pot being adapted to attach to the tree by means of a plurality of holding devices, said plurality of holding devices equaling said guide holes defined in said pot, said plurality of holding devices being selected from the group consisting of nails, screws, tapered bolts, pointed or unpointed metal rods; d. said plurality of holding devices being guided by said guide holes, into the tree, said guide holes being horizontally aligned; e. said pot further having a plurality of holes defined therein, said plurality of holes being biased towards a bottom of said pot, whereby said plurality of holes allow water to enter said pot and drain said pot of water when the tree is lifted out of said stand assembly; f. said bowl has a downward curving convex bottom surface, said downward curving convex bottom surface having said cover attached thereon, said bowl additionally having a means of retaining said pot, said bowl further having a downward outer sloping rim, said downward outer sloping rim having adapted to have a snug fit with said down and outward slanted lip of said cover; and g. said base has a downward curving concave top surface defined therein, said downward curving convex surface of said bowl mating with said downward curving concave top surface of said base, said base having a return lip, said return lip being located at an outer edge of said base facilitating moving said stand assembly with the tree mounted therein, thereby.