Adapter for attaching a decorative ornament to a holiday light string, ornament incorporating same, light string incorporating same, and method of using same

Abstract

An adapter, for use in attaching a translucent holiday ornament to a single lamp of a light string, includes a flexibly resilient main adapter body with a cylindrical sleeve and an annular cap integrally attached to an upper end of the sleeve. The annular cap has a central opening formed therein to receive the lamp. The adapter further includes attachment structure which may be a resilient wire member having a C-shaped upper portion, a pair of parallel connectors which extend from opposite ends of the upper portion, and a pair of non-parallel retaining members respectively attached to ends of the connectors which are spaced away from the upper portion. The adapter allows a user to retrofit an existing holiday light string, by permitting selective attachment or one or more transparent or translucent ornaments to individual lights on the light string.

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