Electrically illuminated cross

• US 4,453,201 A
• Filed: 06/17/1982
• Issued: 06/05/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lee W. Prouty
• Original Assignee: Lee W. Prouty
• Inventors: Prouty, Lee W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lechert, Jr., Stephen J.
• Application Number:
  US06/389,396
• Time in Patent Office: 719 Days
• Field of Search: 362/121, 362/252, 362/307, 362/310, 362/311, 362/346, 362/347, 362/367, 362/807
• US Class Current: 362/121
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0028 Decorative household equipment, e.g. plant holders or food dummies
• 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: Y10S 362/807 Star

Abstract

Illuminated cross having a frame consisting of pairs of vertical and horizontal plates intersecting at knotches therein so that the front and back surfaces thereof are in the same respective vertical planes and that the intersection forms a t-shaped cross; having the front and back surfaces of the resultant cross covered by sheets of translucent material; and having means for illuminating the same including electric bulbs located at the ends of the cross segments, semi-circular notches formed inthe frame plates intermediate the intersections thereof, and convex-shaped reflectors located on the outside of the frame plates adjacent the semi-circular notches.

Claims

1. An illuminated cross comprising:

(1) a pair of spaced, adjacent vertical plate members;

(2) a pair of spaced, adjacent horizontal plate members;

said pairs of vertical and horizontal plate members intersecting and mating at horizontal and vertical slots formed therein, respectively, and extending partially therethrough so that with the mating of said slots a t-shaped cross is formed having the front and back surfaces thereof in common vertical planes,

(3) end plate elements covering the spaces between the tops of said vertical plate members and the ends of said horizontal plate members;

(4) support means at the base of said t-shaped cross frame;

(5) sheets of translucent material covering each the front and back of said t-shaped cross; and

(6) means for illuminating the interior of said t-shaped cross including electric bulbs positioned adjacent the ends of of said pairs of vertical and horizontal plate members and adjacent and below the intersection thereof, including semi-circular notches formed on each the front and back edges of each said vertical and horizontal plate member intermediate the intersention of said plate members, and including convex reflector means positioned on the outside of said plate members between said semi-circular notches.

2. The illuminated cross according to claim 1 wherein a sheet of wire mesh underlays at least one of said sheets of translucent material on the face of said t-shaped cross frame.