Tree pole with built-in individually controlled LED lighting system

A tree pole assembly for a pre-lit Christmas tree comprising:

• a hollow trunk;
• a frame mounted on an interior portion of said hollow trunk that extends along a length of said hollow trunk;
• a printed circuit board disposed in said frame on an interior portion of said hollow trunk;
• a plurality of light sockets mounted on said printed circuit board that extend from said printed circuit board through holes in said hollow trunk and extend from an exterior surface of said hollow trunk;
• a mounting device that secures said plurality of light sockets in said holes;
• a controller mounted on said printed circuit board;
• a printed circuit board bus that connects said controller to said plurality of light sockets so that said controller individually controls LED light strings connected to said plurality of light sockets.

A method of making a tree pole assembly for a pre-lit Christmas tree comprising:

• providing a hollow trunk having a length, an outside surface and an inside surface;
• connecting a plurality of light sockets to a circuit board having a circuit bus comprising connectors disposed on said printed circuit board;
• connecting a controller to said circuit bus;
• placing said light sockets, said controller and said circuit board inside said hollow trunk;
• attaching said light sockets to said hollow trunk by causing said light sockets to abut against said inside surface of said hollow trunk and protrude through openings in said hollow trunk.

A tree pole assembly for a pre-lit Christmas tree comprising:

• a hollow trunk having a length, an outside surface and an inside surface;
• a circuit bus comprising a plurality of printed circuit board leads on a printed circuit board that is disposed inside said hollow trunk along said length of said hollow trunk;
• a plurality of light sockets, disposed in said hollow trunk and mounted on said printed circuit board, said plurality of light sockets extending through openings in said hollow trunk;
• a controller connected to said circuit bus and a mounting device that mounts said plurality of light sockets to said hollow trunk, mounted on said printed circuit board.

A tree pole assembly for a pre-lit Christmas tree comprising:

• a printed circuit board disposed inside of a hollow trunk of said tree pole along a length of said tree pole, having printed circuit board leads;
• a controller mounted on said printed circuit board and connected to said printed circuit board leads;
• a frame mounted to said hollow trunk that holds said printed circuit board;
• light socket mounted on, and supported by said printed circuit board;
• an Internet of Things communication system mounted on said printed circuit board and connected to said printed circuit board leads to control said controller.

A tree pole assembly for a pre-lit Christmas tree comprising:

• a hollow trunk of said tree pole assembly;
• a printed circuit board mounted in said hollow trunk of said tree pole assembly;
• light sockets having a light socket base, said light socket base having rounded edges that match a curvature of an inside surface of said hollow trunk, said light sockets mounted on and wired to said printed circuit board;
• a threaded shaft on said light sockets that extends through said hollow trunk;
• a nut threaded onto said threaded shaft that causes said rounded edges of said light socket base to be compressed against said inside surface of said hollow trunk.