Ornamental lighting device

• US 5,653,530 A
• Filed: 11/08/1995
• Issued: 08/05/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pittman, Rusty M.
• Original Assignee: Pittman, Rusty M.
• Inventors: Pittman, Rusty M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazarus, Ira S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sember, Thomas M.
• Application Number:
  US08/555,271
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• Field of Search: 362/328, 362/329, 362/405, 362/186, 362/123, 362/104, 362/339, 362/327, 362/307, 362/308, 362/806, 362/355, 362/358, 362/361, 63/12
• US Class Current: 362/307
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2033/0827 illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 33/08 Christmas tree decorations
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/10 with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/102 using gravity or suction
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/06 Hanging lustres for chandeliers
• 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 362/806 Ornamental or decorative

Abstract

An improved ornamental lighting device comprising a base having an open end and a cavity communicating with said open end, a socket for receiving an electric bulb, and a wire for securing a pendant prism to said base at said open end.

Claims

1. An ornamental lighting device comprising:

a base having an open end and a cavity communicating with said open end,

a light source mounted within said cavity, and

means for securing a pendant prism to said base at said open end, said prism having an opening extending therethrough adjacent one end of said prism, said securing means including at least one opening formed in said base adjacent said open end and means passing at least partially through said opening of said prism and said opening in said base.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein:

said light source comprises an electrical bulb, and

means for supplying electrical energy to illuminate said bulb.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein:

said means for supplying electrical energy includes wires connecting said socket to a conventional electrical outlet.

4. The device of claim 3 further comprising:

means for suspending said base and said pendant prism from a desired support.

5. The device of claim 2 wherein:

said means for supplying electrical energy includes a power supply which is connected to a conventional electrical outlet.

6. The device of claim 2 wherein:

said means for supplying electrical energy includes a battery.

7. The device of claim 2 wherein:

said means for supplying electrical energy includes wires connecting said bulb to a conventional electrical outlet.

8. The device of claim 2 wherein:

said means for supplying electrical energy includes a power supply which is connected to a conventional electrical outlet.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein:

said light source comprises an electrical socket located in said cavity of said base, and

an electrical bulb releasably attached to said electrical socket.

10. The device of claim 1 further comprising:

a reflective surface adjacent said open end of said base.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein:

said reflective surface serves to direct light from said light source into said pendant prism.

12. The device of claim 11 wherein:

said reflective surface is parabolically shaped to reflect light from said source into said pendant prism in a desired manner.

13. The device of claim 11 wherein:

said reflective surface is spherically shaped to reflect light from said source into said pendant prism in a desired manner.

14. The device of claim 1 further comprising:

a lens mounted within said cavity of said base to focus light from said source in a desired manner.

15. The lighting device of claim 1 wherein:

said means for securing a pendant prism to said base is releasable.