Artificial christmas tree

Abstract

An artificial Christmas tree includes a foot stand, a trunk, multiple branches and multiple leaves. One end of the trunk is connected with the foot stand. The trunk has multiple branch holders. Each branch is formed by sheathing plastic around an iron wire and is flexible and bendable. One end of each branch is connected with a corresponding branch holder of the trunk and each branch has multiple leafstalk seats formed around a periphery of the branch for corresponding leaves to be mounted on the leafstalk seats. Each leaf has a resilient metal wire sheathed by plastic and has multiple leaflets formed on the sheathed metal wire. As the leaves can be short or long and can be sequentially spread out after mounted on corresponding branches, a Christmas tree structure with simple and easy assembly and three-dimensional spatial perception to viewers can be attained.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An artificial Christmas tree, comprising:
 a foot stand;   a trunk with one end thereof connected with the foot stand, and having multiple sleeves and multiple branch holders alternately connected with each other along a longitudinal direction of the trunk to form the trunk, wherein each branch holder has multiple mounting ears annularly mounted around a rim of a bottom of the branch holder, and the multiple mounting ears of the branch holder and the mounting ears of the branch holder located next thereto are alternately arranged;   multiple branches, each branch with one end thereof connected with one of the multiple mounting ears of a corresponding branch holder, and having:
 an iron wire sheathed by a plastic material and being flexible and bendable; and 
 multiple leafstalk seats obliquely formed around a periphery of the branch, spaced apart from each other, and located between two ends of the branch; and 
   multiple leaves, each leaf made of a resilient metal wire sheathed by a plastic material, and mounted in a corresponding leafstalk seat of one of the multiple branches.   
     
     
         2 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an included angle between each leafstalk seat and a corresponding branch ranges from 0 degree to 90 degrees. 
     
     
         3 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein
 each leafstalk seat of a corresponding branch has:
 a free end; 
 a fixed end being opposite to the free end and connected with the corresponding branch; and 
 a recess inwardly formed in the leafstalk seat in a longitudinal direction from the free end to the fixed end; and 
   each leaf has an insertion end formed on a bottom portion of the leaf and engaging the recess of a corresponding leafstalk seat.   
     
     
         4 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein
 each leafstalk seat of a corresponding branch has:
 a free end; 
 a fixed end being opposite to the free end and connected with the corresponding branch; and 
 multiple recesses inwardly formed in the leafstalk seat in a longitudinal direction from the free end to the fixed end; and 
   each leaf has multiple insertion ends formed on a bottom portion of the leaf and engaging the multiple recesses of a corresponding leafstalk seat.   
     
     
         5 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein
 each leafstalk seat of a corresponding branch has:
 a free end; 
 a fixed end being opposite to the free end and connected with the corresponding branch; and 
 an insertion pin formed on and protruding from a free end of the leafstalk seat in a longitudinal direction from the fixed end to the free end of the leafstalk seat; and 
   each leaf has a recess formed in a bottom portion of the leaf and engaging the insertion pin of a corresponding leaf.   
     
     
         6 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein
 each leafstalk seat of a corresponding branch has:
 a free end; 
 a fixed end being opposite to the free end and connected with the corresponding branch; and 
 multiple insertion pins formed on and protruding from a free end of the leafstalk seat in a longitudinal direction from the fixed end to the free end of the leafstalk seat; and 
   each leaf has multiple recesses formed in a bottom portion of the leaf and engaging the respective insertion pins of a corresponding leaf.   
     
     
         7 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein each leaf is adhesively connected to a corresponding branch with the insertion end of the leaf adhesively engaging the recess of a corresponding leafstalk seat. 
     
     
         8 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein each leaf is adhesively connected to a corresponding branch with the multiple insertion ends of the leaf adhesively engaging the respective recesses of a corresponding leafstalk seat. 
     
     
         9 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein each leaf is adhesively connected to a corresponding branch with the recess of the leaf adhesively engaging the insertion pin of a corresponding leafstalk seat. 
     
     
         10 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein each leaf is adhesively connected to a corresponding branch with the multiple recesses of the leaf adhesively engaging the respective insertion pins of a corresponding leafstalk seat. 
     
     
         11 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein each leafstalk seat has two lateral channels inwardly formed in the leafstalk seat in a longitudinal direction from the free end to the fixed end of the leafstalk seat and extending along two opposite lateral directions of the leafstalk seat passing through the recess within a range inside the peripheral wall of the leafstalk seat, and being shorter than the recess in depth, the insertion end of each leaf has two raised ribs oppositely formed on a peripheral wall of the insertion end to correspond to the two respective lateral channels of a corresponding leafstalk seat, and the insertion end of each leaf engages the recess of a corresponding leafstalk seat with the two raised ribs engaging the two respective lateral channels of the corresponding leafstalk seat. 
     
     
         12 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein each leafstalk seat has two lateral channels inwardly formed in the leafstalk seat in a longitudinal direction from the free end to the fixed end of the leafstalk seat and formed through the peripheral wall of the leafstalk seat along two opposite lateral directions of the leafstalk seat passing through the recess, and being shorter than the recess in depth, the insertion end of each leaf has two raised ribs oppositely formed on a peripheral wall of the insertion end to correspond to the two respective lateral channels of a corresponding leafstalk seat, and the insertion end of each leaf engages the recess of a corresponding leafstalk seat with the two raised ribs engaging the two respective lateral channels of the corresponding leafstalk seat. 
     
     
         13 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein
 each leaf has a round hook formed on a bottom end of the leaf and each branch has multiple leaf holders; and   each leaf holder has:
 a leaf-mounting base being box-shaped, mounted on a corresponding leafstalk seat, and having two open sides; and 
 a pin mounted through two opposite walls of the leaf-mounting base; 
   wherein the round hook of each leaf is fastened around the pin of a corresponding leaf holder by way of hook-connection.   
     
     
         14 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein
 each leaf has an inverted hook formed on a bottom end of the leaf and each branch has multiple leaf holders; and   each leaf holder is mounted on a corresponding leafstalk seat, and has:
 two opposite walls; and 
 a bridge portion formed between the two opposite walls and having an urging portion upwardly formed in a bottom portion of the bridge portion; 
   wherein the inverted hook of each leaf is hooked around the urging portion of the bridge portion of a corresponding leaf holder by way of hook-connection.   
     
     
         15 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a peripheral surface of each branch is bark-shaped, bark-free shaped, or bark-shaped over a top portion of the branch and bark-free shaped over a bottom portion of the branch. 
     
     
         16 . The artificial Christmas tree as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each branch further has multiple connection tubes, each connection tube has a hole formed in a top end thereof and a rod formed on and protruding from a bottom end and engaging the hole of a connection tube located right below the connection tube, at least one of the leafstalk seat and one of the connection tubes of each branch adjacent to the at least one leafstalk seat constitute a branch division, and each branch is assembled or detached by connecting or disconnecting the multiple branch divisions.