Device for displaying electric lamps
OwnerThomas E. Boechelinventor
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Abstract
A display device for displaying ornamental electric lamps in windows or other framed structures, is described. The display device includes supporting rods which can be easily assembled and disassembled and inserted in a window frame. The supporting rods include compressible end cap means which allow the supporting rods to be adapted to fit snugly within a window, or other frame, without damaging the frame. The supporting rods further include rotatable interconnecting means for detachably engaging two or more of the supporting rods together to provide for forming a variety of configurations of the display device in the window.
Claims19
A device for displaying electric lamps in a window frame and the like, the display device comprising:
- a) at least a first rod means, including:
- i) a first intermediate member having a length nearly equal to but somewhat less than a first distance between spaced apart surfaces of the window frame;
- ii) a plurality of first lamp retaining means provided as clip means at spaced intervals along the length of the first intermediate member;
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- iii) first end members provided at opposed terminal ends of the first intermediate member to fit between the spaced apart surfaces defining the first distance of the window frame;
- b) a plurality of electric lamps supported by respective ones of the plurality of lamp retaining means;
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- c) an electric cord adapted to be connected to an electric power source to power the electric lamps.
A device for displaying electric lamps in a window frame and the like, the display device comprising:
- a) a rod means, including:
- i) an intermediate member having a length somewhat less than a distance between spaced apart surfaces of the window frame;
- ii) an end member wherein one of the intermediate member and the end member is provided with a threaded insert at an open end thereof and the other of the intermediate member and the end member supports a threaded member and wherein the threaded member is threadingly mateable to the threaded insert such that the intermediate member is adjustably connected to the end member to fit between spaced apart surfaces of the window frame;
- iii) a plurality of first lamp retaining means provided at spaced intervals along the length of the intermediate member;
- iv) a plurality of electric lamps supported by respective ones of the plurality of lamp retaining means;
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- v) an electric cord adapted to be connected to an electric power source to power the electric lamps.
A method of mounting a display device in a window frame, comprising the steps of:
- a) measuring a first distance between spaced apart surfaces of a window frame;
- b) providing a first rod means for spanning the first distance of the window frame, the first rod means comprising:
- a first intermediate member having a length nearly equal to but somewhat less than the first distance;
- a plurality of first lamp retaining means provided as clip means for releasibly receiving electric lamps at spaced intervals along the length of the first intermediate member;
- first end members provided at opposed terminal ends of the first intermediate member;
- and an electric cord adapted to be connected to an electric power source for powering the lamps;
- c) supporting the first rod means between the spaced apart surfaces defining the first distance of the window frame with the opposed first end members providing a snug fit;
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- d) connecting the electric cord to an electric power source to power the electric lamps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.