Decorative lighting system with light string mounting channel
OwnerRaymond Mosseauinventor
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Abstract
A decorative lighting system is used with a string of lights, usually of the “mini-light” type. A string of lights is mounted in an extruded plastic channel, with the light sockets engaged in respective apertures spaced along one side of the channel. A cap snap fits over the open side of the channel to form a complete box section housing all the wiring and inner ends of the light sockets. The resulting unit is mounted on a window using an appropriate fastener, preferably hook and loop fastener, along the channel base and the window pane.
Claims16
A decorative lighting system for use with a string of lights including a plurality of bulb sockets linked by elongate, flexible wires, said system comprising:
- an elongate channel having a base web, spaced apart flanges each flange projecting perpendicularly from one side of the base web to a free edge of the flange, an open side opposite the web, between the free edges of the flanges and open ends;
- a plurality of apertures in one of the flanges and spaced along said one of the flanges between the web and the free edge of said one of the flanges the apertures being configured to engage respective ones of the bulb sockets;
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- a plurality of slots in said one of the flanges extending from respective ones of the apertures to the free edge of said one of the flanges.
A decorative lighting system to be mounted on a surface, said system comprising:
- a string of lights including a plurality of bulb sockets linked by elongate, flexible wires;
- an elongate channel having
- a base web,
- spaced apart flanges, each flange projecting perpendicularly from a respective side of the base web to a free edge of the flange,
- an open side opposite the web, between the free edges of the flanges, and
- opposite open ends;
- a plurality of apertures in one of the flanges spaced along said one of the flanges between the web and the free edge of said one of the flanges, the bulb sockets being engaged in respective ones of the apertures;
- a plurality of slots in said one of the flanges extending from respective ones of the apertures to the free edge of said one of the flanges;
- and
- a cap engaged removably over the open side of the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.