Decorative lights and related methods

• US 10,400,966 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2017
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gemmy Industries Corporation
• Original Assignee: Gemmy Industries Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Lio Yenwei, Zhang, Cheng-Chun
• Primary Examiner(s): Guharay, Karabi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Horikoshi, Steven Y
• Application Number:
  US15/492,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20170219176A1
• Time in Patent Office: 866 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63G 31/12 with inflatable and movable substructures connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2027/1033 Inflation devices or methods for inflating balloons
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2027/1058 associated with light or sound
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 27/10 Balloons connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00; other than toy aspects B64B1/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/006 provided with electrical lighting electrical lighting F21
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/06 Air-filled or inflatable toy figures connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 5/021 Mixing live action with images projected on translucent screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 5/025 Devices for making mist or smoke effects, e.g. with liquid air for camouflage F41H9/06
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 5/028 Devices for making snow effects
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 10/007 using rotating transparent or colored disks, e.g. gobo wheels
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 10/02 changing colors F21S10/002 - F21S10/007, F21S10/04 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 13/02 Combinations of only two kinds of elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 14/06 by movement of refractors in vehicle head lamps F21S41/635
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/01 Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts F21V15/02 takes precedence housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/02 with provision for adjustment F21V17/04 - F21V17/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/06 Bases for movable standing lamps; Fixing standards to the bases F21V21/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0824 Ground spikes
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/02 the elements being transformers, impedances or power supply units, e.g. a transformer with a rectifier
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 27/02 Cable inlets
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/73 the elements being adjustable with respect to each other, e.g. hinged
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/026 : being inflatable
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/008 : Combination of two or more successive refractors along an optical axis
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/04 : of lens shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2121/00 : Use or application of lighting devices or systems for decorative purposes, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2121/006 : for illumination or simulation of snowy or iced items, e.g. icicle
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/10 : Outdoor lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2113/13 : comprising an assembly of point-like light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 : Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/30 : Semiconductor lasers

Abstract

A decorative light can include: a housing defining an interior space and having an open front; a cover mounted to the open front of the housing, the cover including a beam-splitter light lens shade and a substantially planar lens portion disposed around the beam-splitter light lens shade; a motor located in the interior space of the housing, the motor including an output shaft; a first light module located in the interior space and including first light units disposed about the output shaft of the motor, where the output shaft is rotatable with respect to the first light units; a second light module located in the interior space and including second light units disposed about the output shaft of the motor, wherein the output shaft is rotatable with respect to the second light units; and a rotating lens module connected to the output shaft of the motor for rotation.

Claims

1. A decorative light, comprising:

a housing defining an interior space and having an open front;

a cover mounted to the open front of the housing, the cover being substantially transparent or translucent;

a motor located in the interior space of the housing, the motor including an output shaft;

a light module located in the interior space, the light module including;

a plurality of light units directed toward the cover, and

a plurality of film slides each containing a negative image, wherein the plurality of film slides are located in registry the light units; and

a rotating lens module located between the light module and the cover, the rotating lens module including a plurality of rotating lenses; and

a stationary lens module located between the light module and the cover, the stationary lens module including one or more stationary lenses;

wherein the motor drives the rotating lens module to rotate the plurality of rotating lenses about the one or more stationary lenses.

2. The decorative light of claim 1, further comprising a gear mechanism coupled to the output shaft of the motor, the gear mechanism adapted to rotate the rotating lens module with respect to the light module.

3. The decorative light of claim 1, wherein the light module defines a center point, and the output shaft of the motor is laterally offset with respect to the center point of the light module.

4. The decorative light of claim 1, wherein the light module comprises a central light unit and a plurality of peripheral light units disposed around the central light unit, wherein the stationary lens module is optically aligned with the central light unit.

5. The decorative light of claim 4, wherein the central light unit is adapted to project light along a first light path through the one or more stationary lenses, the peripheral light units are adapted to project light along a second light path through the plurality of rotating lenses, and the first light path does not overlap with the second light path.

6. The decorative light of claim 4, wherein the central light unit is adapted to project light along a first light path through the one or more stationary lenses, the peripheral light units are adapted to project light along a second light path through the plurality of rotating lenses, and the second light path is coaxial with the first light path.

7. The decorative light of claim 1, wherein the stationary lens module comprises two convex lenses.

8. The decorative light of claim 1, wherein the plurality of rotating lenses are movable by the motor into optical alignment with the peripheral light units of the light module.

9. The decorative light of claim 1, wherein the plurality of light units comprise light emitting diodes (LEDs).

10. The decorative light of claim 1, further comprising a power supply adapted to supply power to at least one of the motor and/or the light module.