Bulb-holding gutter clip
OwnerLoren A. Roper, Dean Stitelerinventors
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Abstract
A clip for holding a light bulb for display on a gutter, shingle, or other structure includes a base, a support arm extending from an end of the base to a second end of the support arm, and a cantilever beam extending from the second end of the support arm towards the base. The cantilever beam and base define a clip mouth for receiving the structure into the clip. A bulb holder is rigidly attached to the support arm and defined a through-hole to receive the light bulb held by the clip. The bulb holder is attached to the support arm between the cantilever beam and base.
Claims17
A clip for holding a light bulb for display on a gutter, shingle, or other structure, the clip comprising:
- an elongated base having a first end and a second end;
- a support arm extending along a first longitudinal axis and having a first end and an axially opposite second end spaced away from the first end of the support arm, the first end of the support arm being rigidly connected to the second end of the base, a front of the support arm facing away from the elongated base, and a rear of the support arm facing towards the elongated base;
- a cantilever beam having a first end and a second end, the first end of the cantilever beam being rigidly connected to the support arm, the cantilever beam extending away from the support arm to the second end of the cantilever beam, the second end of the cantilever beam being disposed over the base, the second end of the cantilever beam and the base cooperatively defining a gap therebetween that enables receiving an object thickness into the gap, the cantilever beam being elastically deformable to accommodate objects of different thicknesses being received into the gap;
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- a bulb holder being rigidly attached to the support arm, the bulb holder being an unbroken tubular member extending from an upper side of the bulb holder to an opposite lower side of the bulb holder, the bulb holder defining a through-hole extending along a second axis from the upper side to the lower side of the bulb holder, the through-hole being configured to receive and hold a portion of a light bulb in the bulb holder, wherein the support arm and the bulb holder share a common portion attaching the bulb holder to the support arm;
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- the bulb holder outer wall comprising a convex outer surface extending from the rear of the support arm at a first side of the common portion to the rear of the support arm at an opposite second side of the common portion, such that the common portion simultaneously forms a portion of both the bulb holder and the support arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.