Christmas tree support

Claim 1

A CHRISTMAS TREE SUPPORT, SAID SUPPORT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A PAN HAVING A BASE AND AN UPRIGHT CIRCUMSCRIBING SIDE, SAID BASE AND CIRCUMSCRIBING SIDE DEFINING AN OPEN TOP RECEPTACLE, A TAPPED PASSAGEWAY IN SAID BASE, A STANDARD, SAID STANDARD BEING THREADED ON ITS LOWER END FOR COFITTING WITH SAID TAPPED PASSAGEWAY, TWO CLAMPS INTEGRAL WITH SAID STANDARD, SAID TWO CLAMPS BEING IN A SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP ON THE STANDARD AND SPACED SUFFICIENTLY FAR APART SO AS TO PRECLUDE THE TWO CLAMPS BEING THE EQUIVALENT OF A COMMON PIVOT FOR THE TRUNK OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE, SAID TWO CLAMPS ADAPTED TO HOLD THE TRUNK OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE, EACH SAID CLAMPS COMPRISING TWO OUTWARDLY DIRECTED FINGERS ON THE STANDARD, A WIRE BRACKET ATTACHED TO THE STANDARD AND TERMINATING ON EACH END IN A HOOK-LIKE BEND, A CYLINDRICAL COIL SPRING HAVING A HOOK ON ONE END FOR ATTACHING TO ONE OF THE HOOKS ON THE WIRE BRACKET, THE OTHER END OF THE CYLINDRICAL COIL SPRING HAVING MEANS FOR STRETCHING THE SPRING, SAID WIRE BRACKET ON THE STANDARD BEING POSITIONED CLOSELY TO THE OUTWARDLY DIRECTED FINGERS, SAID CYLINDRICAL COIL SPRING ON THE END WITH THE MEANS FOR STRETCHING THE SPRING TERMINATING IN A HOOK, AND SAID CLAMPS IN HOLDING POSITION FOR THE TRUNK OF THE TREE HAVING THE TRUNK BEARING AGAINST THE OUTWARDLY DIRECTED FINGERS WITH ONE END OF THE CYLINDRICAL COIL SPRING ATTACHED TO ONE HOOK-LIKE BEND AND CYLINDRICAL COIL SPRING STRETCHED AROUND THE TRUNK OF THE TREE WITH THE OTHER END OF THE SPRING ATTACHED TO THE OTHER HOOKLIKE BEND THEREBY HAVING THE TRUNK OF THE TREE HELD BY THE TWO OUTWARDLY DIRECTED FINGERS AND THE STRETCHED CYLINDRICAL COIL.