Permanently Installed Hide-Away Christmas Light Panel

Abstract

The “Permanently Installed Hide-Away Christmas Light Panels” provide a platform to house a variety of LED light displays in a rigid framework that can be permanently installed on the outside of any house or building that has a roof overhang and recessed soffit face. The panels are constructed using a mold injection process. The panel is constructed in two parts: a bottom plate that forms the shell of the panel and houses the channels, wells and framework tor the panel, and a flat top plate that completes the enclosure of the panel. Preexisting light strings can be snapped into the bottom plate assembly and covered with the top plate to create the finished panel. Terminal connections between two or more LED light strings are made on the outside of the two adjacent panels. The panel provides a system that holds the lights in fixed position for display and a rigid framework to pivot the lights as a unit to a position substantially hidden from view and exposure from the damaging effects of wind, rain and UV sun rays. No other system currently exists to house arrays of LED lights for the purpose of creating a whole-house ornamental lighting display. The panels are designed to accept preexisting LED lights in a variety of sizes and configurations. They are ideal for housing traditional “icicle” style LED light strings but can also accommodate LED light bars or LED Light strips. This panel light assemblies form the ideal rigid plastic platform to house UL approved LED “plug and play” lighting display systems. These festive lighting display panels can be thought of as analogous to the invention of the clear plastic waterproof housing that enables disposable cameras to be taken underwater. Similar to that concept, this invention takes a preexisting electrical product, engineered to code and UL safety standards, and houses them in a rigid plastic panel that enhances its usefulness and functionality. By incorporating commercially available LED lights designed for outdoor use, this plastic panel housing adds additional protection to these lights and makes it possible to permanently mount them on the outside of the house.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.