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A DETACHABLE SUPPORT FOR CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENTS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE FLEXIBLE PLASTIC RING OPEN AT ONE POINT AND HAVING AN AREA OF REDUCED MATERIAL GENERALLY OPPOSITE THE OPENING IN THE RING THEREBY PROVIDING A WEAKENED HINGE PORTIN ON THE RING WHEREBY THE ENDS OF THE RING MAY BE MOVED TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TO AFFORD PLACING OF THE RING ABOUT A TREE BRANCH OR THE LIKE, RELEASABLE LATCH MEANS FOR SAID RING INCLUDING INTEGRAL LOCKING LUG MEANS FORMED ON AND EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY FROM ONE END OF SAID RING AND A MATING RESTRICTED OPENING RECESS FORMED IN THE OTHER END OF SAID RING COOPERATIVELY FORMING SNAP LATCH MEANS CLOSABLE BY CIRCUMFERENTIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID RING ENDS, AND AN INTEGRAL PAIR OF ADJACENT AND SPACED APART PINS FORMED ON AND DEPENDING FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID RING, SAID PINS EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF FOR ENGAGING AN OBJECT ENCIRCLED BY THE RING LEAVING THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID RING SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH FOR RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING ANOTHER OBJECT, AND SAID PINS EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE RING AND HAVING A LENGTH ON THE ORDER OF ABOUT THE RADIUS OF THE RING.