RETRACTABLE LIGHT-EMITTING STRUCTURE

• US 20130039067A1
• Filed: 08/12/2011
• Published: 02/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tsui-Yun Wong
• Original Assignee: Tsui-Yun Wong
• Inventors: WONG, Tsui-Yun
• Application Number:
  US13/208,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20130039067A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/249.06
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/20 with light sources held by or within elongate supports
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/005 for several lighting devices in an end-to-end arrangement, i.e. light tracks
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/006 General building constructions or finishing work for buildings, e.g. roofs, gutters, stairs or floors; Garden equipment; Sunshades or parasols
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2121/004 mounted on the exterior of houses or other buildings to illuminate parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

The retractable, light-emitting structure comprises of a string structure that has several light-emitting components: a fixed housing with openings at each end and a mobile housing with openings at each end. The ends of each housing are matched up to create a retractable lid that displays the emitting light inside the fixed housing. The mobile housing would inwardly retract along the fixed housing to make the retractable cover. These structures are ideally installed on the eaves or edges of a housing complex and are controlled by a remote control device that allows for color customization and the ability to control the mobile housing in accordance to different holidays, festivals, and user preference.

Claims

1. A retractable light-emitting structure comprising:

a light string structure, having a plurality of light-emitting components;

a fixed housing with each end of the fixed housing having an opening, the light string structure being disposed in the fixed housing; and

a mobile housing that connects to the fixed housing through the matching of each piece'"'"'s respective openings at either end and, in turn, allows the mobile housing to outwardly move along the fixed housing in order to display the light emitting component.

2. The retractable light-emitting structure according to claim 1, wherein each end of the light string structure is disposed an LED connector that is connected with a power source.

3. The retractable light-emitting structure according to claim 2 further comprising a transformer with a power connector, the power connector being connected with the LED power connector of the light string structure for providing power to the light string structure.

4. The retractable light-emitting structure according to claim 2 further comprising an angle connector, one end of the angle connector being connected with the LED power connector of the light string structure, another end of the angle connector being connected with another light string structure.

5. The retractable light-emitting structure according to claim 1, wherein the light-emitting component is an LED.

6. The retractable light-emitting structure according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of brackets and two connecting nuts are disposed in the fixed housing, the bracket being fixed in the internal of the fixed housing through the light string structure.

7. The retractable light-emitting structure according to claim 6 further comprising two place holders, each place holder having a plurality of threaded tracks and a plurality of mounting holes, one end of the place holder being inserted into the mobile housing opening of the mobile housing and the fixing housing opening of the fixed housing, so that the threaded tracks of the place holder and the connecting nuts of the fixed housing are matched to each other.

8. The retractable light-emitting structure according to claim 7, wherein a washer is disposed between one end of the mobile housing and one end of the fixed housing, the two ends being corresponding to each other, so that the threaded tracks of the place holder and the connecting nuts of the fixed housing are tighter, the friction of the side surfaces of the fixed housing and the mobile housing being decreased by the washers in order to smoothly retract the mobile housing without noise.

9. The retractable light-emitting structure according to claim 1, wherein each of the two outer end surfaces of the two ends of the fixed housing has a groove.

10. The retractable light-emitting structure according to claim 9, wherein each of the two inner end surfaces of the two ends of the mobile housing has a stopper that is corresponding to the groove of the fixed housing, the stopper being movable along the groove so as to let the mobile housing be movable on the fixed housing.

11. The retractable light-emitting structure according to claim 1, wherein the mobile housing has a hook latch.