Decorative hidden light assembly

• US 6,309,086 B1
• Filed: 05/28/1999
• Issued: 10/30/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Christine Sue Tomlinson
• Original Assignee: Christine Sue Tomlinson
• Inventors: Tomlinson, Christine Sue
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Shea, Sandra
• Assistant Examiner(s): WARD, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US09/321,752
• Time in Patent Office: 886 Days
• Field of Search: 362/240, 362/248, 362/249, 362/374, 362/375, 362/152, 362/145, 362/151
• US Class Current: 362/240
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/20 with light sources held by or within elongate supports
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/01 Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts F21V15/02 takes precedence housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04
• 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: F21W 2121/004 mounted on the exterior of houses or other buildings to illuminate parts thereof

Abstract

A holiday lighting assembly, for allowing Christmas lights to be permanently mounted upon a building near the eaves of said building, and for allowing selective display of the lights during the appropriate season, comprising a housing mounted to the building. The housing has an open front, and a pair of sides. The lights are located inside the housing, extending between the sides. A front flap selectively covers the open front in order to conceal the lights. Pins on the front flap mate with slots in the sides of the housing, to allow the front flap to pivot upward and slide into the housing to allow the lights to be displayed.

Claims

1. A holiday light assembly, for use in permanently mounting holiday lighting to a home and selectively displaying the holiday lighting at appropriate times during the year, comprising:

a housing, the housing having an open front and a pair of opposite sides;

a plurality of lights extending within the housing between the opposite sides, wherein the lights are viewable through the open front;

a front cover flap, secured to the housing, selectively variable between an open position and a closed position, for selectively allowing the lights to be viewed through the open front when in the open position, and for selectively concealing and covering the lights when in the closed position, said front cover flap having a pair of pins; and

wherein each of the opposite sides of the housing have a slot such that the pins from the front cover flap are pivotally mounted in the slots to allow the front cover flap to pivot upward and slide backward into the housing to enter the open position.

2. The holiday light assembly as recited in claim 1, further comprising magnets, located in the housing near the open front, for selectively securing the front cover flap when in the closed position.