Display assembly

• US 8,087,796 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2010
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael Golembiowski
• Original Assignee: Michael Golembiowski
• Inventors: Golembiowski, Michael E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sawhney, Hargobind S
• Application Number:
  US12/724,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20110069489A1
• Time in Patent Office: 658 Days
• Field of Search: 362/108, 362/121, 362/122, 362/123, 362/124, 362/151, 362/152, 362/225, 362/238, 362/249.01, 362/249.02, 362/249.11, 362/249.16, 362/314, 362/396, 362/457, 362/458, 362/806, 362/808
• US Class Current: 362/123
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/20 with light sources held by or within elongate supports
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/00 Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices F21V17/00, F21V19/00 take precedence; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q, stands for supporting apparatus or articles in general F16M11/00; Hand grips
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/08 Devices for easy attachment to any desired place, e.g. clip, clamp, magnet
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0816 Strap fasteners, e.g. fasteners with a buckle
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0824 Ground spikes
• 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

Abstract

An ornamental display assembly for being attached to a structure extending from a surface is provided. The ornamental display assembly includes a strap having first and second connectors on respective ends thereof and is configured to form a loop for being looped around and attached to the structure, a sleeve carried by the strap, and at least one ornamental band having a portion received in the sleeve and a portion extending from the sleeve and having a fastener on and end thereof for being fastened to the surface.

Claims

1. An ornamental display assembly for being attached to a structure extending from a surface, the ornamental display assembly comprising:

a strap having first and second connectors on respective ends thereof and configured to form a loop for being looped around and attached to the structure;

a sleeve carried by the strap; and

at least one ornamental band having a portion extending from the sleeve and a fastener on an end thereof for being fastened to the surface.

2. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the strap is at least partially received within the sleeve.

3. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve has at least one aperture for allowing egress of each of the at least one ornamental bands.

4. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 3, wherein at least one aperture includes at least three apertures, and wherein each of the at least three apertures is equally spaced-apart.

5. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the ornamental band is a strand of lights.

6. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 5, further including a power cord for supplying power to the strand of lights.

7. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 6, wherein the sleeve has first and second ends and further wherein the power cord is received in a selected one of the first or second ends.

8. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the fastener is a spike assembly for being inserted into the surface.

9. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 8, wherein the spike assembly is a ring and a spike for being driven into the surface and securing each of the at least one bands to the surface.

10. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the connectors are mutually engageable clips.

11. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the length of the strap is adjustable.

12. An ornamental display assembly for being attached to a structure extending from a surface, the ornamental display assembly comprising:

a strap having first and second connectors on respective ends thereof and configured to form a loop for being looped around and attached to the structure;

a sleeve carried by the strap and defining at least one aperture; and

at least one ornamental band having a portion received in the sleeve and a portion extending from the sleeve that has a fastener on an end thereof for being fastened to the surface, wherein each ornamental band of the at least one ornamental bands extends through a respective aperture of the at least one aperture.

13. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 12, wherein the strap is at least partially received within the sleeve.

14. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 12, wherein the at least one aperture includes at least three apertures, and wherein each of the at least three apertures is equally spaced-apart.

15. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 12, wherein the ornamental band is a strand of lights.

16. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 12, further including a power cord for supplying power to the strand of lights.

17. The ornamental display assembly according to claim 16, wherein the sleeve has first and second ends and further wherein the power cord is received in a selected one of the first or second ends.

18. An ornamental display assembly for being attached to a structure extending from a surface, the ornamental display assembly comprising:

a strap having first and second connectors on respective ends thereof and configured to form a loop for being looped around and attached to the structure;

a sleeve carried by the strap and defining a plurality of generally equally spaced-apart apertures; and

a plurality of ornamental bands, each ornamental band of the plurality of ornamental bands having a portion received in the sleeve through a respective aperture of the plurality of apertures and a portion extending from the sleeve that has a fastener on and end thereof for being fastened to the surface.