Electrical decoration lighting device and set of such devices

• US 7,419,283 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2006
• Issued: 09/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RCR GmbH & Co. KG Gesellschaft Fuer Produktentwicklung
• Original Assignee: RCR GmbH & Co. KG Gesellschaft Fuer Produktentwicklung
• Inventors: Clemens, Birgit, Rathman, Harald, Von Rönn, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong; Bao Q
• Application Number:
  US11/339,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20060198164A1
• Time in Patent Office: 952 Days
• Field of Search: 362/401, 362/123, 362/194, 362/191, 362/198, 362/199, 362/195, 362/227, 362/234, 362/249, 362/251, 362/252, 362/243, 362/396, 362/391, 362/384, 362/403, 362/38
• US Class Current: 362/401
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/001 being candle-shaped with varying lighting effect of simulating flames F21S10/04; string of light sources F21S4/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/02 the power supply being a battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/08 Devices for easy attachment to any desired place, e.g. clip, clamp, magnet
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/088 Clips; Clamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0435 activated by remote control means
• 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 2121/04 for Christmas trees
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

A set that includes a plurality of the lighting devices, each lighting device including a body having a light-emitting element, an attachment element for attaching the lighting device to a supporting body, and an independent power source for supplying power to the light-emitting element. The set also includes a wireless transmitting device configured to turn on and off the light-emitting elements of each one of the plurality of lighting devices. The wireless transmitting device may be integrated in one of the plurality of lighting devices. The wireless transmitting device may be disposed in a remote control unit that is separate from each one of the plurality of lighting devices.

Claims

1. A set comprising:

a plurality of lighting devices, each lighting device including;

a lighting body having a light-emitting element;

an attachment element for attaching the lighting device to a supporting body at an attachment location; and

an independent power source for supplying power to the light-emitting element, the power source at least partially disposed in a decorative housing that is disposed spatially apart from the lighting body and lower than the attachment location for stabilizing the light device when attached at the attachment location; and

a wireless transmitting device configured to turn on and off the light-emitting elements of each one of the plurality of lighting devices.

2. The set as recited in claim 1, wherein the wireless transmitting device is integrated in one of the plurality of lighting devices.

3. The set as recited in claim 2, wherein the wireless transmitting device is disposed in a remote control unit that is separate from each one of the plurality of lighting devices.

4. The set as recited in claim 1, wherein each one of the plurality of lighting devices includes a switching element that is actuatable for switching the light-emitting element on and off.

5. The set as recited in claim 4, wherein each one of the plurality of lighting devices has a receiver configured to operate the respective switching element of the each one of the plurality of lighting devices.

6. The set as recited in claim 4, wherein at least one of the plurality of lighting devices has a receiver configured to operate the respective switching element of the at least one of the plurality of lighting devices.

7. The set as recited in claim 1, wherein the housing is a Christmas tree ornament.

8. The set as recited in claim 1, wherein the housing is connected to the lighting body by a connecting element.

9. The set as recited in claim 8, wherein the connecting element includes at least one wire between the housing and the body.

10. The set as recited in claim 1, wherein the housing accommodates the entire power source.

11. The set as recited in claim 1, wherein the housing is suspended below the lighting body so as to maintain the body in a substantially upright position above the attachment location.

12. The set as recited in claim 1, wherein the attachment element is one of a twisted wire and a hook.

13. The set as recited in claim 8, wherein the attachment element is formed by the connecting element.

14. The set as recited in claim 1, wherein the body includes a portion that resembles a candle, and the supporting body is a branch of Christmas tree.

15. The set as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the lighting devices is configured as a Christmas tree topper, and the supporting body is a branch of a Christmas tree.