Light hanging extension device and method for using same

A device for storing and hanging a continuous string of lights on a tree, the device comprising:

• (a) a spool assembly having first and second annular plates spaced apart and connected to a cylinder member, the cylinder member having a bore extending axially therethrough, the spool assembly being sized for storing a coiled continuous string of lights positioned thereon;
• (b) means attached to one of said annular plates to releasably secure an end portion of the string of lights in fixed position to ensure the string of lights remains in a tightly wound position and to prevent unraveling of the string of lights on the spool assembly when the spool assembly is being stored;
• (c) an axle structure removably secured within the bore of the cylinder member, the axle structure being adapted for rotation of the spool assembly along a longitudinal axis of the axle structure, the axle structure having holding means for releasably securing the axle structure to the cylinder member;
• (d) a handle coaxially mounted to the axle structure and outwardly extending therefrom;
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• (e) an elongated pole having first and second end portions, the first end portion being removably coaxially secured to the handle, the elongated pole being sized for extending and elevating the spool assembly upwardly in close adjacency with branches of the tree when a user grasps the second end portion of the elongated pole so that the spool assembly can be moved around a perimeter of the tree to enable the string of lights of be progressively strung about the tree to adorn the tree with the string of lights.

The method of adorning a tree with a continuous string of lights, the string of lights being coiled about a spool assembly, the spool assembly being removably mounted to an axle structure for rotation of spool assembly about its longitudinal axis, the method comprising:

• (a) freeing one end of the continuous string of lights from the spool assembly;
• (b) elevating and positioning the one end of the string of lights within branches of the tree;
• (c) elevating the spool assembly with a pole attached to the axle structure for positioning the spool assembly remote from a user and in close adjacency with the branches of the tree, the longitudinal axis of the spool assembly being generally vertically oriented;
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• (d) moving the spool assembly about a perimeter of the tree so that tension produced by the one end of the string of lights positioned within the branches against the spool assembly causes rotation of the spool assembly to progressively free the string of lights from the spool assembly for positioning within the branches of the tree so that the branches provide support to hold the string of lights in relatively secured position.

A device for storing and hanging a continuous string of lights on a tree, the device comprising:

• (a) a spool structure having a pair of spaced apart annular plate sections connected by an axial section, the axial section having a bore extending axially therethrough, the spool structure being sized for storing a coiled continuous string of lights positioned thereon;
• (b) an axle structure removably secured within the bore of the axial section, the axle structure being adapted for rotation of the spool structure along a longitudinal axis of the axle structure, the axle structure having holding means for releasably securing the axle structure to the axial section;
• (c) a handle coaxially mounted to the axle structure and outwardly extending therefrom;
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• (d) an elongated pole having first and second end portions, the first end portion being removably coaxially secured to the handle, the elongated pole being sized for extending and elevating the spool structure upwardly in close adjacency with branches of the tree when a user grasps the second end portion of the elongated pole so that the spool structure can be moved around a perimeter of the tree to enable the string of lights of be progressively strung about the tree to adorn the tree with the string of lights.