US 5,813,751 A · Device for permanent installation of christmas lighting

Abstract

A device for permanent installation of exterior Christmas lighting. The device includes an elongated channel having top and bottom walls joined by a rear wall, and a front wall that depends from the top wall, and a flexible, rectangular screen cover for insertion and retention between the front wall and the bottom wall. The device, in conjunction with one or more additional devices, can be custom fit and mounted by fasteners to a building exterior, such as along principal architectural features--e.g., attached to the eaves or outlining a pitched roof. With the cover screen removed, a string of decorative Christmas lights can be positioned within and stretched from one end of the channel to an opposite end thereof, electrically connected to similar strings within additional such devices, and connected to a source of electrical power. With the devices so mounted and cover screens in place, they visually blend in with a building exterior and are hardly noticeable until the lighting is turned on, and then the illuminated decorative Christmas lighting is easily viewable through holes in the screens.

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Dependent claims

A device for permanent installation of Christmas lighting on an exterior surface of a building or structure, comprising:

a horizontal top and bottom wall joined by a vertical rear wall, and a front wall depending from the top wall, the top wall having a depth larger than the depth of the bottom wall, the rear wall having a height greater than the height of the front wall, and the top, bottom, rear and front walls being horizontally elongated, thereby defining a channel and a channel recess for receiving and housing said Christmas lighting;
a removable, flexible, rectangular screen covering the channel recess and having a length equal to the length of the recess and having top and bottom edges, which screen, by deformation from a planar configuration, is insertable into the channel recess such that the upper edge engages an inside surface of the front wall and the lower edge engages an inside surface of the bottom wall;
and
a plurality of fasteners attached to at least one wall of the device for attaching the device to an exterior surface of a building or structure;
wherein a wall of the device which is opposite said at least one wall is provided with a plurality of access holes in register with said plurality of fasteners.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Device for permanent installation of christmas lighting

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