US Patent Issued to BALSAM INTERNATIONAL UNLtd. on March 4 for "Christmas tree and method of assembling a tree" (California, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,252, issued on March 4, was assigned to BALSAM INTERNATIONAL UNLtd. COMPANY (Dublin).

"Christmas tree and method of assembling a tree" was invented by Jonathan I. Kaplan (Palo Alto, Calif.), Ta-li Yu (San Francisco), David Jason Wilkins (San Francisco) and Nathaniel C. Roland (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial Christmas tree includes an elongated trunk extending between proximal and distal ends thereof. A base may support the trunk of the artificial tree in an upright position relative to floor. The proximal end of the trunk may be coupled to the base and the distal end of the trunk extending outwardly from the base...