Year-round decorative lights with selectable holiday color schemes
First Claim
1. A decorative lighting apparatus, comprising:
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a decorating selector which provides a plurality of user-selectable switch settings;
logic which includes a microprocessor/microcontroller and memory carried in the housing;
the memory including software programmed therein;
the memory including programmed data corresponding to a plurality of holiday color schemes, the holiday color schemes including those corresponding to Christmas, Independence Day, and Halloween;
the microprocessor/microcontroller being operative in connection with the software to, for each user-selectable switch setting of the decorating selector;
identify, based on the user-selectable switch setting, pre-programmed data corresponding to a holiday color scheme; and
control, with use of the programmed data, the illumination of a decorative light strand having a plurality of lights in accordance with the holiday color scheme.
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Abstract
A decorative light strand has user-selectable color schemes corresponding to each holiday for year-round use. The light strand has a plurality of differently colored lights; a decorating selector comprising a switch which provides a plurality of user-selectable settings; and logic coupled to the switch and the plurality of differently colored lights to provide different holiday color schemes in response to the user-selectable settings. In one specific example, the light strand includes a plurality of red lights, a plurality of white lights, a plurality of blue lights, a plurality of green lights, a plurality of orange lights, and a plurality of yellow lights. A decorating selector on one end of the light strand has a plurality of decorative holiday settings which include a New Year'"'"'s holiday setting which enables the plurality of white lights; a Valentines/Sweetest Day holiday setting which enables the pluralities of red and white lights; an Independence/Memorial Day holiday setting which enables the pluralities of red, white, and blue lights; a Halloween holiday setting which enables the pluralities of orange and yellow lights; a Thanksgiving holiday setting which enables the plurality of orange and green lights; a Christmas holiday setting which enables the pluralities of red and green lights; and a Hanukkah holiday setting which enables the pluralities of blue and yellow lights. Advantageously, this light strand may be hung permanently and utilized year-round for major U.S. holidays and other suitable occasions.
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31 Claims
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1. A decorative lighting apparatus, comprising:
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a housing;
a decorating selector which provides a plurality of user-selectable switch settings;
logic which includes a microprocessor/microcontroller and memory carried in the housing;
the memory including software programmed therein;
the memory including programmed data corresponding to a plurality of holiday color schemes, the holiday color schemes including those corresponding to Christmas, Independence Day, and Halloween;
the microprocessor/microcontroller being operative in connection with the software to, for each user-selectable switch setting of the decorating selector;
identify, based on the user-selectable switch setting, pre-programmed data corresponding to a holiday color scheme; and
control, with use of the programmed data, the illumination of a decorative light strand having a plurality of lights in accordance with the holiday color scheme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of decorating with a decorative light strand, comprising:
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hanging a decorative light strand for year-round use for a plurality of holidays and other occasions, the decorative light strand comprising a plurality of lights which are carried along a plurality of wires, an AC plug and cord for supplying power for all illuminated lights along the decorative light strand, and a decorating selector which includes a housing which carries a switch;
setting the switch for illuminating a Christmas holiday color scheme in the plurality of lights along the decorative light strand during Christmas;
setting the switch for illuminating an Independence Day holiday color scheme in the plurality of lights along the decorative light strand during Independence Day; and
setting the switch for illuminating a Halloween holiday color scheme in the plurality of lights along the decorative light strand during Halloween. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A decorative lighting apparatus, comprising:
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a decorative light strand comprising a plurality of wires and a plurality of lights positioned therealong;
an AC plug and cord interface for supplying power to all illuminated lights along the decorative light strand;
a decorating selector which includes a housing and a plurality of user-settable switches carried on the housing, each user-settable switch associated with a corresponding color of a plurality of different colors;
the housing being attached to the decorative light strand; and
a plurality of outputs coupled to the plurality of wires for illuminating the plurality of lights with a color scheme in accordance with the user-settable switches. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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Specification