THREE-DIMENSIONAL DECORATIVE TIERED TREE-SHAPED ARTICLE HAVING FOLDABLE MEMBERS

摘要

A decorative article (20) movable between an unfolded display position and a folded storage position includes a hub (30) and a plurality of legs detachably mounted to the hub and arranged in a symmetrical pattern about the hub. The legs (32) are connected to the hub in the article unfolded display position and extend from the hub to a support surface. The legs are arranged parallel to one another and detached from the hub in the article folded storage position. Each of the plurality of legs includes first, second, and third leg segments (34), (36), and (38). Each leg segment includes first and second ends. The first ends of the first leg segments are detachably mounted to the hub. The second end of the first leg segments is pivotably connected to the first end of the second leg segments. The second end of the second leg segments is pivotably connected to the first end of the third leg segments. The first leg segments are disposed adjacent to the third leg segments in the article folded storage position, such that the first ends of the first leg segments are disposed adjacent to the third leg segments between the first and second ends of the third leg segments and the plurality of legs are disposed in a generally elliptical configuration.