String light retail display unit
AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.
InventorsJason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel, Christopher A. Hammond
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Abstract
A retail display unit includes a plurality of clear tubes positioned substantially adjacent to each other and each having a length. A plurality of clear inserts each positioned inside one of the plurality of clear tubes and extend the length of the one of the plurality of clear tubes. Each clear insert includes a first end that corresponds with a first end of each clear tube and an opposing second end that corresponds with an opposing second end of each clear tube. A plurality of strings of lights are continuously wrapped around and engaged with the first and second ends of the plurality of clear inserts.
Claims18
A retail display unit comprising:
- a plurality of clear tubes positioned substantially adjacent to each other and each having a length;
- a plurality of clear inserts each positioned inside one of the plurality of clear tubes and extending the length of the one of the plurality of clear tubes, wherein each clear insert includes a first end that corresponds with a first end of each clear tube and an opposing second end that corresponds with an opposing second end of each clear tube;
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- a plurality of strings of lights continuously wrapped around and engaged with the first and second ends of the plurality of clear inserts;
- wherein each clear insert comprises a first notch and a second notch, the first notch intersects with the first end of the clear inserts and extends from the first end of the clear insert into a main body of the clear insert and the second notch intersects with the second end of the clear insert and extends from the second end of the clear insert into the main body, wherein the first and second notches engage with the string of lights wrapped around the clear insert.
A retail display unit comprising:
- a shell having an first flange, a back wall and a second flange, wherein the first flange includes at least one circular cutout;
- at least one transparent tube extending between the second flange and the first flange, wherein the transparent tube is located through the circular cutout in the first flange;
- at least one transparent insert positioned inside the transparent tube and extending a length of the transparent tube, wherein the transparent insert includes a first end that corresponds with a first end of the transparent tube and an opposing second end that corresponds with an opposing second end of the transparent tube;
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- a string of lights continuously wrapped around and engaged with the first and second ends of the transparent insert.
A retail display unit comprising:
- a plurality of clear tubes positioned adjacent to each other and having substantially identical first ends, second ends and lengths;
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- a plurality of clear inserts each located in one of the plurality of clear tubes and having a first end that corresponds with the first end of each clear tube, a second end that corresponds with the second end of each clear tube and a length that corresponds with a length of each clear tube, wherein each clear insert is configured to support a string of lights that are wrapped around the first and second ends of the clear insert;
- wherein each clear insert comprises two first end prongs extending from the first end of each clear insert and two second end prongs extending from the second end of each clear insert and wherein each clear tube comprises a pair of notches located at the first end of each clear tube, the pair of notches at the first end of each clear tube receiving the first and second prongs at the first end of each clear insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.