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Device for permanent installation of christmas lighting

  • US 5,813,751 A
  • Filed: 01/15/1997
  • Issued: 09/29/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for permanent installation of Christmas lighting on an exterior surface of a building or structure, comprising:

  • a horizontal top and bottom wall joined by a vertical rear wall, and a front wall depending from the top wall, the top wall having a depth larger than the depth of the bottom wall, the rear wall having a height greater than the height of the front wall, and the top, bottom, rear and front walls being horizontally elongated, thereby defining a channel and a channel recess for receiving and housing said Christmas lighting;

    a removable, flexible, rectangular screen covering the channel recess and having a length equal to the length of the recess and having top and bottom edges, which screen, by deformation from a planar configuration, is insertable into the channel recess such that the upper edge engages an inside surface of the front wall and the lower edge engages an inside surface of the bottom wall; and

    a plurality of fasteners attached to at least one wall of the device for attaching the device to an exterior surface of a building or structure;

    wherein a wall of the device which is opposite said at least one wall is provided with a plurality of access holes in register with said plurality of fasteners.

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