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US 4,537,806 AGranted
Compact ornament
OwnerMuriel Sherrardinventor
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Abstract
A compact ornament is provided and consists of a non-conductive plate member, a plurality of sockets embedded in the plate member in any desired pattern, a light bulb connected to each socket, a printed circuit embedded in the plate member to which the sockets are connected whereby the printed circuit is electrically connected to a power source so that the light bulbs can be illuminated for viewing.
Claims6
A compact ornament connectable to a power source and which is self storing, easily attached, and may be used as scenery, a room divider, a replacement in screen tracks of windows, a space saver, and a sliding glass door, comprising:
- (a) a flat planar non-conductive plate member containing a plurality of apertures;
- (b) a plurality of sockets embedded in said plurality of apertures of said flat planar non-conductive plate member and arranged in a predetermined pattern;
- (c) a plurality of light bulbs, each light bulb of said plurality of light bulbs being removeably mounted to each socket of said plurality of sockets so that said each light bulb is easily replaceable;
- (d) a printed circuit embedded in said flat planar non-conductive plate member and to which said plurality of socket are electrically connected in parallel so that when at least one light bulb of said plurality of light bulbs burn out the remaining at least one light bulb will stay lit;
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- (e) means for electrically connecting said printed circuit to the power source so that said plurality of light bulbs can be illuminated for viewing.
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