Enhanced lighting for ornaments

An ornament adapted for connection in a string of light sockets on a tree and for hanging from a branch of the tree or other supporting object, said ornament comprising:

• a rotatable ornamental device including electrically energizable load means, a disc supporting said ornamental device and having an axis of rotation, a support and drive assembly including an electric motor and arranged for supporting said disc and said ornamental device for rotation about said axis of rotation and for effecting rotation thereof about said axis of rotation, a hollow outer housing supporting said support and drive assembly therewithin and surrounding said rotatable ornamental device, said outer housing having a transparent wall for viewing of said ornamental device and having an opaque wall surrounding said support and drive assembly, first and second contact means is slidable engagement, one of said first and second contact means being disposed on said disc and being connected to said electrically energizable load means, the other of said first and second contact means being carried by said support and drive assembly, an electrical connector on said opaque wall, means within said housing connecting said electrical connector to said electric motor and to said second contact means, means including a flexible cable for connecting said electrical connector to one socket of a string of light sockets on the tree, and suspension means extending upwardly from a top end of said housing for suspending said ornament from a suspension point on a branch of the tree, said flexible cable allowing flexibility in location of said suspension point and allowing said ornament to be moved by gravity to assume a position which is such as to provide a relatively stable orientation of said axis of rotation when said ornament is suspended from a branch of the tree.