Christmas tree light set

• US 4,591,227 A
• Filed: 11/15/1985
• Issued: 05/27/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John P. Colonna
• Original Assignee: Merry Go Lights Ltd.
• Inventors: Colonna, John P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Weidenfeld, Gil
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pirlot, David L.
• Application Number:
  US06/798,710
• Time in Patent Office: 193 Days
• Field of Search: 339/154 R, 339/154 A, 339/156, 339/157 R, 339/157 C, 339/158, 339/159 R, 339/159 C, 339/220 R
• US Class Current: 439/505
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/10 with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 33/92 Holders formed as intermediate parts for distributing energy in parallel through two or more counterparts at least one of which is attached to apparatus to be held

Abstract

An electric light set for decorating and illuminating Christmas trees and the like, having a plurality of pairs of electrical connecting wires radiating from a sealed, ring-shaped conductor housing. Each of the pairs of electrical connecting wires connects a plurality of electrical light bulb sockets for receipt of the light bulbs used with the light set. The ring-shaped conductor housing can be easily fitted over the top of a Christmas tree with the pairs of electrical connecting wires radiating downward and outward such that the light bulbs decorate and illuminate the Christmas tree. With an alternate embodiment, the ring-shaped conductor housing can be attached to the surface of a window or other similar object.

Claims

1. An electrical light set for decorating and illuminating Christmas trees and the like, comprising:

(a) a ring-shaped conductor housing formed from an electrical insulating material, said ring-shaped conductor housing having (i) an open topped main body with an outer wall, a dividing wall and an inner wall which circumscribe a first ring-shaped conductor channel in its interior, said first ring shaped conductor channel having a plurality of holes through its base, and, concentric with said first ring-shaped conductor channel, a second ring-shaped conductor channel in its interior, said second ring-shaped conductor channel having a hole through its base, said dividing wall having a plurality of openings therethrough, and (ii) a ring-shaped cover plate formed from an electrical insulating material, said ring-shaped cover plate being permanently sealed in the open top of said open topped main body;

(b) a pair of electrical feed wires, each of said electrical feed wires having one of its ends connected to a plug having prongs for insertion in the openings of an electrical outlet, one of said electrical feed wires having the other of its ends passed through one of said holes in said base of said first ring-shaped conductor channel, and the other of said electrical feed wires having the other of its ends passed through said hole in said base of said second ring-shaped conductor channel; and

(c) a plurality of pairs of electricl connecting wires, each of said pairs of electrical connecting wires being connected to a plurality of electrical light bulb sockets, and each of said pairs of electrical connecting wires having the same end of each of said electrical connecting wires in the pair passed through one of said holes in said base of said first ring-shaped conductor channel;

said electrical feed wires and said electrical connecting wires being appropriately crossed over between said first ring-shaped conductor channel and said second ring-shaped conductor channel through said openings through said dividing wall and permanently connected in the interior of said open topped main body of said ring-shaped conductor housing to create an electrical circuit which is appropriate for the number of said pairs of electrical connecting wires, the number of said light bulb sockets connected to each of said pairs of electrical connecting wires, and the voltage rating of the light bulbs intended for use in said light bulb sockets.

2. An electrical light set as recited in claim 1, wherein said ring-shaped cover plate is permanently sealed in the open top of said open topped main body by an ultrasonic sealing process.

3. An electrical light set as recited in claim 1, wherein said openings through said dividing wall for cross over of said electrical feed wires and said electrical connecting wires comprises a plurality of notches in the top of said dividing wall.

4. An electrical light set as recited in claim 1, wherein said ring-shaped cover plate has an adhesive coating on its outer surface.

5. An electrical light set as recited in claim 4, wherein said adhesive coating is a ring-shaped disk having an adhesive material on both of its sides.

6. An electrical light set as recited in claim 1, wherein the central axis of each of said holes through said base of said first ring-shaped conductor channel and the central axis of said hole through said base of said second ring-shaped conductor channel are positioned at essentially identical angles to the central axis of said ring-shaped conductor housing such that said electrical feed wires and said electrical connecting wires radiate downward and outward from the bottom of said main body of said ring-shaped conductor housing.

7. An electrical light set as recited in claim 6, wherein the tops of said outer wall, said dividing wall and said inner wall are in the same plane, said dividing wall and said inner wall are of equal height, said outer wall is of a height which is less than the height of said dividing wall and said inner wall, and said bottom of said main body of said ring-shaped conductor housing slopes downward from the bottom of said outer wall to the bottom of said dividing wall.

8. An electrical light set for decorating and illuminating Christmas trees and the like, comprising:

(a) a ring-shaped conductor housing formed from an electrical insulating material, said ring-shaped conductor housing having (i) an open topped main body with an outer wall, a dividing wall and an inner wall, said dividing wall having a plurality of notches in its top, said outer wall and said inner wall circumscribing a first ring-shaped conductor channel in its interior, said dividing wall and said inner wall circumscribing a second ring-shaped conductor channel in its interior, said first ring-shaped conductor channel and said second ring shaped conductor housing being concentric, said first ring-shaped conductor channel having a plurality of holes through its base, said second ring-shaped conductor channel having a hole through its base, said holes through said base of said first ring-shaped conductor channel and said hole through said base of said second ring-shaped conductor channel each having its central axis positioned at an essentially identical angle to its central axis, and (ii) a ring-shaped cover plate formed from an electrical insulating material, said ring-shaped cover plate being permanently sealed in the open top of said open topped main body;

(b) a pair of electrical feed wires, each of said electrical feed wires having one of its ends connected to a plug having prongs for insertion in the openings of an electric outlet, one of said electrical feed wires having the other of its ends passed through one of said holes in said base of said first ring-shaped conductor channel, and the other of said electrical feed wires having the other of its ends passed through said hole in said base of said second ring-shaped conductor channel; and

(c) a plurality of pairs of electrical connecting wires, each of said pairs of electrical connecting wires being connected to a plurality of electrical light bulb sockets, and each of said pairs of electrical connecting wires having the same end of each of said electrical connecting wires in each of said electrical connecting wires in the pair passed through one of said holes in said base of said first ring-shaped conductor channel;

said electrical feed wires and said electrical connecting wires being appropriately crossed over between said first ring-shaped conductor channel and said second ring-shaped conductor channel through said notches in said dividing wall and permanently connected in the interior of said open topped main body of said ring-shaped conductor housing to create an electrical circuit which is appropriate for the number of said pairs of electrical connecting wires, the number of said light bulb sockets connected to each of said pairs of electrical connecting wires, and the voltage rating of the light bulbs intended for use in said light bulb sockets.

9. An electrical light set as recited in claim 8, wherein said ring-shaped cover plate is permanently sealed in the open top of said open topped main body by an ultrasonic sealing process.

10. An electrical light set as recited in claim 8, wherein said ring-shaped cover plate has an adhesive coating on its outer surface.

11. An electrical light set as recited in claim 10, wherein said adhesive coating is a ring-shaped disk having an adhesive material on both of its sides.

12. An electrical light set as recited in claim 11, wherein the tops of said outer wall, said dividing wall and said inner wall are in the same plane, said dividing wall and said inner wall are of equal height, said outer wall is of a height which is less than the height of said dividing wall and said inner wall, and said main body of said ring-shaped conductor housing slopes downward from the bottom of said outer wall to the bottom of said dividing wall.