Endurable decoration light string

• US 7,014,352 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2003
• Issued: 03/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Johnny Chen
• Original Assignee: Jeng-Shyong Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Jeng-Shyong
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Han, Jason
• Application Number:
  US10/694,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20040208002A1
• Time in Patent Office: 875 Days
• Field of Search: 362/227, 362/249, 362/252, 362/806, 362653-654
• US Class Current: 362/653
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/10 with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/008 Suspending from a cable or suspension line

Abstract

The present invention relates to an endurable decoration light string of light strings and one or more non-electrical connector. The light string includes mutually connective luminaries and electrical connector, in which the luminaries are composed of luminescent elements including lamp bulb, tungsten lamp, LED and lamp holder. Electrical conductor can be single or multiple wires, and uses the non-electrical connector parallel or by winding to fix on the predetermined fixed position of the head and tail ends and center part of the decoration light string, to tie a knot on the predetermined fixed position to enhance endurable strengthen of decoration light string. Thus, during the arrangement, the draw force of the decoration light string will be firstly supported by non-electrical connector to avoid the damage on the decoration light string and increase the life span on the decoration light string.

Claims

1. An endurable decoration light string comprising:

a set of light strings; and

one or more non-electrical connector, wherein said light string includes a set of mutually connective luminaries and an electrical conductor, said electrical conductor being single or multiple wires, and said endurable decoration light string includes said non-electrical connector extending substantially parallel or winding with said electrical conductor to fix a portion of said non-electrical connector on a predetermined fixed position on each of a head end, a tail end and a center part of the decoration light string, by said non-electrical connector tying a knot on said predetermined fixed position to enhance endurable strengthening of the decoration light string, wherein the resistance strength to the draw force of said non-electrical connector is greater than that of said electrical conductor and the rate of extension of said non-electrical connector is smaller than that of said electrical conductor.

2. An endurable decoration light string as claimed in claim 1, wherein the length of said electrical conductor is longer than the length of said non-electrical connector in between two or more than two predetermined fixed positions.

3. An endurable decoration light string as claimed in claim 1, wherein said non-electrical connector extends parallel and winds with said electrical conductor between the predetermined fixed positions.

4. An endurable decoration light string as claimed in claim 1, wherein said predetermined fixed position is defined as being on a long trunk or in a separate area along said electrical conductor or on said luminaries.

5. An endurable decoration light string as claimed in claim 1, wherein the winding of the decoration light string with said non-electrical connector uses said non-electrical connector as an axis to wind the decoration light string.

6. An endurable decoration light string as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electrical conductor to be separated out to connect with said luminaries, said electrical conductor on one side of a long trunk being a curve, whereby said knot is firmly connected to said non-electrical connector such that a buffering function is obtained, said electrical conductor not affected while the draw force is formed and said non-electrical connector capable of taking the force.

7. An endurable decoration light string as claimed in claim 1, wherein said non-electrical connector is composed of single wire, multiple wires or several connectors.

8. An endurable decoration light string as claimed in claim 1, wherein said non-electrical connector is attached to decorative articles, such as leaf or designed pattern.

9. An endurable decoration light string as claimed in claim 1, wherein said non-electrical connector is composed of multiple wires and winds with several decoration light strings, wherein said non-electrical connector and said decoration light strings form round, triangle, rhombus, and square shape or predetermined pictures or words to make said luminaries on said electrical conductor form similar body contour shape of said round, triable, rhombus, and square shape or predetermined pictures or words.

10. An endurable decoration light string as claimed in claim 1, wherein said luminaries and said electrical conductor are connected in series, parallel or series-parallel.

11. An endurable decoration light string as claimed in claim 1, wherein said luminaries are composed of luminary components such as:

lamp bulb, tungsten lamp, LED and lamp holder or lamp base.

12. An endurable decoration light string comprising:

a set of light strings; and

one or more non-electrical connector, wherein said light strings include a set of mutually connective luminaries along an electrical conductor, said electrical conductor being single or multiple wires, and having non-electrical connector extending parallel or winding fixedly on a predetermined fixed position of both head and tail ends and center part of the decoration light string by tying a knot on said predetermined fixed position firmly, whereby the length of the decoration light string being longer than the length of said non-electrical connector such that a drawing force is resisted by said non-electrical connector to protect the endurable strength of the decoration light string.

13. An endurable decoration light string comprising:

a set of light strings; and

one or more non-electrical connector, wherein said light strings include a set of mutually connective luminaries fixed along on an electrical conductor, said electrical conductor being a single wire and having non-electrical connector extending parallel or winding fixedly on a predetermined fixed position of both head and tail ends and center part of the decoration light string, by tying a knot on said predetermined fixed position firmly, the decoration light string and non-electrical connector being substantially parallel or winding along said electrical conductor and fixed on said predetermined fixed position to enhance endurable strengthening of the decoration light string, wherein the resistance strength to the draw force of said non-electrical connector is greater than that of said electrical conductor and the total length of said non-electrical connector is shorter than that of said electrical conductor.

14. An endurable decoration light string comprising:

an electrical conductor of single or multiple wires, in a series network;

a head luminary provided proximate to an end of said series network;

a tail luminary provided proximate to another end of said series network;

an intermediate luminary located between said head luminary and said tail luminary in part of said series network, wherein each said luminary includes a holder, a lamp bulb fixed in said holder, an electrical conductor input portion of said electrical conductor leading into and proximate to said holder, an electrical output portion of said electrical conductor leading out of and proximate to said holder, and said input portion and said output portion define a predetermined fixed position;

a non-electrical connector extending substantially parallel to said electrical conductor, said non-electrical connector having a securing means provided at each of said head luminary, said tail luminary and said intermediate luminary and positioned at least at a location of inside said holder and by a knot around said predetermined fixed position, said non-electrical connector having a tensioned means by a knot to counter a drawing force on said series network.

15. An endurable decoration light string according to claim 14, wherein the length of said electrical conductor between two said predetermined fixed positions is longer than the length of said non-electrical connector.

16. An endurable decoration light string according to claim 14, wherein the resistance strength to the draw force of said non-electrical connector is greater than that of said electrical conductor and the rate of extension of said non-electrical connector is smaller than that of said electrical conductor.

17. An endurable decoration light string according to claim 14, wherein the length of said non-electrical connector is shorter than the length of said electrical conductor, and resistance strength to the draw force of said non-electrical connector is greater than the resistance strength of said electrical conductor and the rate of expansion of said non-electrical connector is smaller than the rate of expansion of said electrical conductor between two said predetermined fixed positions.