Christmas tree light receptacle apparatus

• US 5,150,963 A
• Filed: 01/06/1992
• Issued: 09/29/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shirley J. Hill
• Original Assignee: Shirley J. Hill
• Inventors: Hill, Shirley J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cole, Richard R.
• Application Number:
  US07/817,343
• Time in Patent Office: 267 Days
• Field of Search: 362/123, 362/122, 362/226, 362/249, 362/252, 362/806, 362/101, 362/253, 362/457, 362/458, 362/96
• US Class Current: 362/123
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/10 with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights

Abstract

A torroidal ring member including a central bore is arranged to receive a Christmas tree therethrough above the Christmas tree support base. The torroidal ring includes an outer cylindrical wall concentric with an inner cylindrical wall, with the outer cylindrical wall including a continuous array of electrical receptacle members therewithin to receive electrical receptacle portions of Christmas tree lights mounted to the associated tree. A modification of the invention includes the torroidal ring member formed with first and second semi-cylindrical portions securable together to form the torroidal ring member. Each semi-cylindrical housing is arranged to accommodate a fluid trough to contain a scented potpourri therewithin for projection through an apertured plate positioned above each trough.

Claims

1. A Christmas tree light receptacle apparatus, comprising,

a torroidal ring housing, the torroidal ring housing including a central axial bore directed coaxially therethrough arranged to receive a Christmas tree through the axial bore, and

the torroidal ring housing further including a cylindrical outer wall concentric with an inner wall, and

the cylindrical outer wall including a plurality of electrical receptacles directed into the housing from the outer wall, and

an electrical supply line directed into the housing in electrical communication with each receptacle, and

the ring housing includes a first semicylindrical housing and a second semi-cylindrical housing, with the first semi-cylindrical housing including a first housing first end wall and a first housing second end wall in coplanar relationship, the second semi-cylindrical housing including a second housing first end wall and a second housing second end wall arranged in a coplanar relationship, the first housing first end wall includes a first housing first end wall receptacle, and the first housing second end wall including a first housing second end wall plug, the second housing first end wall including a second housing first end wall plug and the second housing second wall including a second housing second end wall receptacle, the first housing first end wall receptacle received within the second housing first end wall plug, and the first housing second end wall plug received within the second housing second end wall plug received within the second housing second end wall receptacle to effect electrical communication of the first semi-cylindrical housing with the second semi-cylindrical housing and the electrical supply line, and

the first housing includes a first housing deflectable latch flange, including a first bore directed therethrough, wherein the first housing deflectable latch flange is tangentially aligned relative to the first housing extending orthogonally beyond the first housing first end wall, and the second housing including a second housing first end wall, and the second housing including a second housing boss plug positioned to the cylindrical outer wall adjacent the second housing first end wall, wherein the second housing boss plug is received within the first bore, and the first housing including a first housing boss plug mounted to the outer wall of the ring housing positioned adjacent the first housing second end wall, and the second housing including a second housing latch flange with a second bore directed therethrough positioned adjacent and orthogonally extending beyond the second housing second end wall tangentially mounted to the cylindrical outer wall to receive the first housing boss plug within the second bore, and

the first semi-cylindrical housing includes a plurality of first boss members mounted to a bottom surface of the first housing, and the second housing including a plurality of second boss members mounted to a bottom wall of the second housing, with the first boss members each receiving a threaded first rod directed therethrough, wherein each threaded first rod is radially aligned relative to the threaded second rods are radially aligned relative to the axial bore positioned therebelow, and

the first housing includes a first housing top wall and the first housing top wall includes a first trough mounted thereon, and the second housing includes a second housing top wall, and the second housing top wall includes a second trough mounted thereon, and the first trough and the second trough mounted thereon, and the first trough and the second trough are arranged for reception of fluid and potpourri therewithin, and the first trough includes a first aperture plate mounted to an upper distal end of the first trough, and the second aperture plate is arranged for securement to an upper distal end of the second trough, wherein the first aperture plate and the second aperture plate meter fragrance directed through the respective first and second apertured plate from the respective first and second trough.