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Artificial saguard cactus

US5213855A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 31, 1991
Grant dateMay 25, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 31, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA41G1/00
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An artificial cactus of landscape timbers simulating natural saguare cactus comprising a generally vertical trunk and a plurality of multi-section arms affixed to said trunk at generally irregular spacing, the first section joined to the trunk at an angle with said trunk of between about 90 and about 60 degrees and each successive section joined to adjacent sections at an angle of between about 15 and about 30 degrees, the last of said sections being oriented in an approximately vertical direction. Each arm has a metallic rod member extending longitudinally through the sections and transversely through the trunk and a plurality of fastener means engaging the rod at intervals with each said fastener bearing against one of the trunk or sections to fix the sections together and to the trunk; and a plurality of natural fiber rope lengths stapled longitudinally along said trunk and each of the arms.

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