Year-round decorative lights with selectable holiday color schemes
First Claim
1. A decorative lighting apparatus, comprising:
- a light strand having a plurality of differently colored lights;
a decorating selector comprising a switch which provides a plurality of user-selectable settings; and
logic which selectively illuminates the plurality of differently colored lights with a different holiday color scheme for each user-selectable setting of the switch.
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Abstract
A decorative light strand has user-selectable color schemes corresponding to each holiday for year-round use. The light strand has a plurality of differently colored lights; a decorating selector comprising a switch which provides a plurality of user-selectable settings; and logic coupled to the switch and the plurality of differently colored lights to provide different holiday color schemes in response to the user-selectable settings. In one specific example, the light strand includes a plurality of red lights, a plurality of white lights, a plurality of blue lights, a plurality of green lights, a plurality of orange lights, and a plurality of yellow lights. A decorating selector on one end of the light strand has a plurality of decorative holiday settings which include a New Year'"'"'s holiday setting which enables the plurality of white lights; a Valentines/Sweetest Day holiday setting which enables the pluralities of red and white lights; an Independence/Memorial Day holiday setting which enables the pluralities of red, white, and blue lights; a Halloween holiday setting which enables the pluralities of orange and yellow lights; a Thanksgiving holiday setting which enables the plurality of orange and green lights; a Christmas holiday setting which enables the pluralities of red and green lights; and a Hanukkah holiday setting which enables the pluralities of blue and yellow lights. Advantageously, this light strand may be hung permanently and utilized year-round for major U.S. holidays and other suitable occasions.
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20 Claims
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1. A decorative lighting apparatus, comprising:
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a light strand having a plurality of differently colored lights;
a decorating selector comprising a switch which provides a plurality of user-selectable settings; and
logic which selectively illuminates the plurality of differently colored lights with a different holiday color scheme for each user-selectable setting of the switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A decorative lighting apparatus, comprising:
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a light strand having a plurality of lights;
a decorating selector comprising a switch which provides a plurality of user-selectable settings; and
logic which selectively illuminates the light strand with a different color scheme for each user-selectable setting of the switch. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A decorative lighting apparatus, comprising:
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a light strand having a plurality of differently colored lights;
a plurality of user-settable switches; and
a plurality of outputs which selectively configure the light strand with a different color scheme based on the settings of the plurality of user-settable switches. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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