Patents by Inventor Harold J. Pickering

Harold J. Pickering has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5104608
    Abstract: An artificial Christmas tree including a tree trunk extending from an aperture in an upper wall of a hollow tree base and having a plurality of optical fibers extending internally from the aperture in the base to light emitting points within simulated tree branches attached to the tree trunk by hinged tubular branch connectors. The base includes a light source and a removable cartridge-like disc holding tray for holding and rotating an infinite number of different selected user programmable colored discs between the light source and the optical fibers to create an infinite number of user created light displays within the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Inventor: Harold J. Pickering