Stringed seasonal light storage device

• US 9,630,769 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2015
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schultz, Larry
• Original Assignee: Schultz, Larry
• Inventors: Schultz, Larry
• Primary Examiner(s): Pickett, J. Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): WEINERTH, GIDEON R
• Application Number:
  US14/670,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20160280452A1
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• Field of Search: 206419, 362364, 362382, 362219
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/10 Devices to locate articles in containers for protecting articles from mechanical damage B65D81/02
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/16 hinged for upward or downward movement cigar or cigarette receptacles A24F15/00; suitcases, ètuis A45C; casings for cosmetic substances with hinged covers A45D40/22; toolboxes B25H3/02; hinges of door or similar type E05D ; boxes for switchboards with hinged covers H02B1/066
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/42 for ampoules; for lamp bulbs; for electronic valves or tubes
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/10 with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/83 the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2121/004 mounted on the exterior of houses or other buildings to illuminate parts thereof

Abstract

A stringed seasonal light storage device allows stringed seasonal lights to be maintained on a structure and alternatively positioned to be displayed extending from a housing or obscured by positioning within the housing. The device includes a base having a rear face, a pair of sidewalls and an open bottom. Each of a pair of laterally aligned slots extends the sidewalls to receive a light string therein positioning a light between the sidewalls and pivotable between a display position and a storage position. A cover coupled to the base is pivotable between an open position and a closed position to permit moving of the light between the display position and the storage position and inhibit movement of the light between the storage position and the display position when the cover is in the closed position.

Claims

1. A stringed seasonal light storage device comprising:

a base having a rear face, said rear face being planar wherein said base is configured for coupling to a surface, said base having a pair of sidewalls and an open bottom, said base being structured to include a pair of slots, each of said slots extending into an associated one of said sidewalls such that said slots are laterally aligned and configured to receive a light string therein such that a light on the light string is positioned in alignment with the base and pivotable between a display position extending through said open bottom of said base and a storage position extending upwardly away from the open bottom of the base, a distal portion of each said slot relative to said rear face being angled upwardly extending away from said rear face; and

a cover pivotally coupled to said base, said cover being pivotable between an open position and a closed position wherein said cover is configured to permit moving of the light between the display position and the storage position while said cover is in the open position and inhibit movement of the light between the storage position and the display position when said cover is in said closed position.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a flange coupled to and extending from said base, said flange extending away from said rear face such that said flange defines a right angle with said rear face of said base wherein said base is configured for coupling to the surface aligned with a bottom edge of the surface.

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of base tabs, each of said base tabs extending from an outer face of an associated one of said sidewalls of said base; and

a plurality of cover tabs, each of said cover tabs extending from an inwardly directed surface of said cover, each of said base tabs being positioned complementary to an associated one of said cover tabs wherein each said cover tabs is positionable to engage said associated one of said base tabs to hold said cover in a static position relative to said base.

5. The device of claim 1, further comprising said cover having an open face positioned adjacent to a top face of said base, and said top face of said base being open.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising a cover stop coupled to and extending over a top face of said base, said cover stop being abutting by said cover when said cover is pivoted into a fully open position wherein said cover stop inhibits pivoting of said cover beyond said fully open position.

7. The device of claim 6, further comprising said cover stop being vented.

8. The device of claim 1, further comprising a projection extending from said cover, said projection extending outwardly away from a pivot point of said cover relative to said base wherein said projection is configured to facilitate opening of said cover.

4. A stringed seasonal light storage device comprising:

a base having a rear face, said rear face being planar wherein said base is configured for coupling to a surface, said base having a pair of sidewalls and an open bottom, said base being structured to include a pair of slots, each of said slots extending into an associated one of said sidewalls such that said slots are laterally aligned and configured to receive a light string therein such that a light on the light string is positioned in alignment with the base and pivotable between a display position extending through said open bottom of said base and a storage position extending upwardly away from the open bottom of the base;

a cover pivotally coupled to said base, said cover being pivotable between an open position and a closed position wherein said cover is configured to permit moving of the light between the display position and the storage position while said cover is in the open position and inhibit movement of the light between the storage position and the display position when said cover is in said closed position; and

a pair of slits extending into said cover, said slits aligning with said slots when said cover is in said closed position.

9. A stringed seasonal light storage device comprising:

a base having a rear face, said rear face being planar wherein said base is configured for coupling to a surface, said base having a pair of sidewalls and an open bottom, said base being structured to include a pair of slots, each of said slots extending into an associated one of said sidewalls such that said slots are laterally aligned and configured to receive a light string therein such that a light on the light string is positioned in alignment with the base and pivotable between a display position extending through said open bottom of said base and a storage position extending upwardly away from the open bottom of the base, a top face of said base being open;

a cover pivotally coupled to said base, said cover being pivotable between an open position and a closed position wherein said cover is configured to permit moving of the light between the display position and the storage position while said cover is in the open position and inhibit movement of the light between the storage position and the display position when said cover is in said closed position, said cover having an open face positioned adjacent to said top face of said base;

a flange coupled to and extending from said base, said flange extending away from said rear face such that said flange defines a right angle with said rear face of said base wherein said base is configured for coupling to the surface aligned with a bottom edge of the surface;

a distal portion of each said slot relative to said rear face being angled upwardly extending away from said rear face;

a plurality of base tabs, each of said base tabs extending from an outer face of an associated one of said sidewalls of said base;

a plurality of cover tabs, each of said cover tabs extending from an inwardly directed surface of said cover, each of said base tabs being positioned complementary to an associated one of said cover tabs wherein each said cover tabs is positionable to engage said associated one of said base tabs to hold said cover in a static position relative to said base;

a pair of slits extending into said cover, said slits aligning with said slots when said cover is in said closed position;

a cover stop coupled to and extending over a top face of said base, said cover stop being abutting by said cover when said cover is pivoted into a fully open position wherein said cover stop inhibits pivoting of said cover beyond said fully open position, said cover stop being vented; and

a projection extending from said cover, said projection extending outwardly away from a pivot point of said cover relative to said base wherein said projection is configured to facilitate opening of said cover.