US 2022/0065428 A1Published application

System and method for providing lighting for various venues

AssigneeSeasons 4, Inc.

InventorJason Loomis

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Abstract

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a lighting system configured to be suspended overhead between two supporting structures. A tensile force will be imparted to the lighting system as a consequence of suspending the lighting system overhead. The lighting system can include one or more lighting sections connected end to end. Each of the lighting sections has a structural support cable and a light string coupled thereto. Each of the lighting sections has first and second end connectors on first and second ends of the lighting section. The first and second end connectors provide mechanical connection between adjacent structural support cables as well as electrical connection between adjacent light strings. The lighting sections are configured such that the tensile force imparted to the lighting section is mostly borne by the structural support cable.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A lighting section comprising:

a structural support cable including:
a first connecting member at a first end of the structural support cable and configured to mechanically connect to a second connecting member at a second end of an adjacent upstream structural support cable;
and
a second connecting member at a second end of the structural support cable and configured to mechanically connect to a first connecting member at a first end of an adjacent downstream structural support cable;
and
a light string slidably coupled to the structural support cable at a plurality of locations disturbed along the light string so as to be slidably extended along the structural support cable between the first and second connecting ends of the structural support cable, the light string including:
a first electrical connector at a first end of the light string and configured to receive electrical power from a second electrical connector of an adjacent upstream café light string;
a second electrical connector at a second end of the light string and configured to provide electrical power to a first electrical connector of an adjacent downstream café light string;
and
an electrical cable extending between the first and second electrical connectors.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/947,958Filed 25 Aug 2020
Published: 3 Mar 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

F21V 21/008
Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices ; Hand grips: suspending from a cable or suspension line
F21S 4/10
Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources: with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights
F21V 23/001
Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices: the elements being electrical wires or cables
F21V 23/06
Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices: the elements being coupling devices , e.g. connectors