The present invention relates to an artificial decorative plant, and more particularly to an artificial decorative plant that is convenient in assembly and strengthened in structure. With the living quality improvement of modern people, their household environment correspondingly focuses on embellishment artistry, especially for occasion-fitting decorations which are indispensable. Christmas Day is the most popular festival that people crazy about and it has various activities and numerous decorations. Wherein, Christmas tree is one of the commonest decorations because it not only creates Christmas atmosphere but also embellishes the dull living environment. To make the Christmas tree located indoor, artificial Christmas trees have been sold on market that can be assembled during Christmas days and be disassembled for storage after festivals. US 3 085 774 discloses such a christmas tree. With reference to Fig. 1 showing a perspective view of a conventional artificial Christmas tree in accordance with prior art, the conventional artificial Christmas three has a main stem 10 and multiple branches 12 fixed together by winding yarns 14 thereon. The main stem 10 and the branches 12 are made of metallic material without resilience. Although this conventional artificial Christmas tree is convenient store, it has no flexibility in disassembly because the branches have to be detached or bent one by one that is time-consuming so that the conventional artificial Christmas tree are not rapid and convenient in the assembly and detachment. Moreover, it also needs many skilled workers to tie the braches 12 on the main stem 10 so that production of this conventional structure is time-consuming and with high cost. A main objective of the present invention is to provide an artificial decorative plant that is time-saving in assembly. To achieve the foregoing objective, the artificial decorative plant comprises multiple branches attached to a main stem, - each branch having:
- a rod with a hook attached with the main stem;
- at least one securing piece mounted on the rod, each securing piece having two longitudinal sides and multiple clamping portions respectively formed on the two longitudinal sides with multiple intervals;
- multiple wrapping pieces extended from the two longitudinal sides inside the multiple intervals respectively; and
- multiple foliages and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to a drawing, which shows in: - Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional artificial Christmas tree in accordance with the prior art;
- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an artificial decorative plant in accordance with the present invention;
- Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the artificial decorative plant in Fig. 2;
- Fig. 4 is an operational perspective view of the artificial decorative plant in a former step; and
- Fig. 5 is an operational perspective view of the artificial decorative plant in a later step.
An artificial decorative plant in accordance with the present invention is to assemble multiple branches first and then assemble with a main stem. Each branch is composed of a rod with resilience, a securing piece and multiple foliages, wherein the securing piece has two longitudinal sides and multiple clamping portions interlaced and formed on the two longitudinal sides respectively with multiple intervals. Additionally, multiple wrapping pieces are obliquely extended from the two longitudinal sides inside the multiple intervals respectively so that the each wrapping piece is between two adjacent clamping portions to engage corresponding foliage. By holding the rod with the clamping portions, a branch is completed and ready to mount on a main stem to construct a tree after other same branches are attached on the main stem as well. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a preferred embodiment of the artificial decorative tree in accordance with the present invention is shown and applied to assemble multiple branches 30 on a main stem (not shown). Each branch is composed of a rod 22, a securing piece 24 and multiple foliages 26, wherein the securing piece 24 has two longitudinal sides and multiple clamping portions 242 formed on the two longitudinal sides respectively with multiple intervals. Additionally, multiple wrapping pieces 244 are obliquely extended from the two longitudinal sides inside the multiple intervals respectively so that the each wrapping piece 244 is between two adjacent clamping portions 242 inside corresponding interval. All multiple wrapping pieces 244 are oblique substantially in the same direction and perform a sharp angle between itself and the securing piece 24. Each wrapping piece 244 holds corresponding foliage 26 made of a stick 261 (made of resilient metal wire) and multiple leaves (needle-leaf as shown, made of PE or PVE) by bending the wrapping piece 244 to snugly surround and hold the stick 261 so that the foliages 26 are supported by the wrapping pieces 244 on the rod 22. Moreover, the rod 22 further has one distal end and a hook 220 formed on the distal end. By having above-described structure, operational steps of this invention are further illustrated. As shown in Figs 4 and 5, the clamping portions 242 interlaced at the two longitudinal sides of the securing piece 24 are bent to wrap and hold the rod 22 so that the securing piece 24 is combined with the rod 22. Additionally, the multiple wrapping pieces 244 each between two adjacent clamping portions 242 are correspondingly bent and wrap the sticks 261 of the foliages 26 for securing. After completing assembly of the securing piece 24 and the rod 22, the rod 22 is attached to the main stem by the hooks 220. Thereby, with this structure, not only the combination strength of the foliages 26 and the rod 22 is enhanced but also combination efficiency of the artificial decorative plant is increased. Although this invention has been described in its preferred form with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the present invention of the preferred form has been made only by way of example and that numerous changes in the details of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts can be made within the scope of the claimed invention. |
