![]() Greer filed an updated patent for an Electronically Powered Apparatus for Imparting Vibratory Forces on a Tree in 1983. ![]() “Normally shining light-weight Christmas decorations, such as tinsel, spun glass, tinfoil strips, mica particles, ornaments, etc.” would “sparkle profusely.” Meanwhile, decorations would emit a “pleasant rustling sound,” “similar to the sound of sleet falling upon packed snow.”Īlthough Smith’s idea might seem eccentric, it must have sold at least a few units, as John W. ![]() ![]() Smith thought Christmas trees, already beautiful, could please both ear and eye if they vibrated. The vibratory unit “for attachment to decorated trees” would “transmit a highly pleasing two-dimensional vibration thereto without interference with the decorations.” Smith, argued a vibrating tree was a way to make ornaments look prettier. ![]() This article was published (3824 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.Ī 1947 patent for a “Christmas Tree Vibrator” turns out to be more confusing than risqué. Free Press 101: How we practise journalism. ![]()
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