ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,823, issued on July 8.
"Christmas tree skirt device" was invented by Vonda Hamn (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Howard Hamn (Fredericksburg, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel Christmas tree skirt device. The device comprises a skirt component with a central, continuous opening. Further, the perimeter of the skirt component comprises a weighted perimeter ring. Additionally, weights can also be used along the exterior of the skirt component. The skirt component also comprises a plurality of embedded lights. The skirt component is radially split from the central, continuous opening to the perimeter to ...