Decorative lighting apparatus
OwnerJoseph M. Ahroniinventor
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Abstract
A lighting fixture and a method of fabricating the same are shown and described herein in one particular embodiment, a light fixture comprises a plurality of vanes projecting radially outward from a central core, and a series of lights coupled to the fixture. The vanes can each be semi-circular, and can each be identical in size, such that the fixture as a whole is generally spherical. In addition, a method of fabricating a light fixture by bending an elongated structure alternatingly in opposite directions to form such a plurality of vanes is shown and described.
Claims27
An ornament comprising:
- at least one frame including:
- a series of linked rings including two end rings and at least one intermediate ring positioned between the end rings, each of the rings having two central hinges positioned opposite each other across the ring to delineate two opposing lobes arranged to pivot at the hinges about a swing axis from a coplanar position toward one another in a first direction form an internal angle;
- the adjacent lobes of each pair of linked rings being hinged by a tangential hinge configured to swing at a periphery of the respective rings toward one another about a tangential swing axis in a second direction opposite to the first direction from a coplanar position to an abutting position to form a vane from the lobes;
- all of the swing axes being at least substantially parallel to one another and the central hinges being located between each pair of the tangential hinges so that the rings can be arranged in a ball-like configuration having a center axis with adjacent lobes projecting in pairs therefrom as vanes and with adjoining vanes being separated by the internal angles;
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- a string of lights mounted on the frame.
A light set comprising:
- a fixture having a plurality of vane structures projecting radially outward from a central core;
- and
- at least one light unit coupled to each vane, the light units being connected in series by an electrical conductor, the electrical conductor being coupleable to a source of electricity.
A method for fabricating a light fixture, comprising:
- alternatingly bending a plurality of sections of an elongated carrier structure along a plurality of substantially parallel axes, the bends in a first direction being formed to create outwardly projecting vanes from the adjacent sections of the carrier structure, and the bends in an opposing second direction being formed to radially space apart the adjacent pair of vanes;
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- coupling a series of light units to the light fixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.