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US 6,367,952 B1Granted
Programmable string of lights
AssigneeVentur Research & Development Corp.
InventorJames W Gibboney, Jr.
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AssigneeVentur Research & Development Corp.
InventorJames W Gibboney, Jr.
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A light for use in a string of lights has a lamp and a light socket that may include a parallel group device that may perform a variety of functions. One of those functions is to serve as a resistive element to regulate voltage and current to keep other lights in a group of lights arranged to be electrically in parallel lighted to the same intensity in the event one of the lights burns out or is removed. Another function of the parallel group device is to control the lamp in the socket so that it lights and goes out on command. The socket is designed to be closed against moisture and to be easily manufactured by hand or by machine. It includes piercing terminals that, when pressed into the electrical wires that run from light to light in the string, allow electrical connection with the lamp leads and the parallel group device leads.
A light for use with a string of lights, said lights of said string being in electrical connection with each other by a pair of wires, said light comprising:
A light for use with a string of lights, said lights of said string of lights being in electrical connection with each other by a pair of wires, said light comprising:
A new light for use in a string of lights, said string of lights powered by an AC power source, said lights of said string of lights being in electrical connection with each other and transmitting AC power to each other by a pair of wires, said light comprising:
A group of lights for use in a string of lights, each light of said group of lights being in a parallel electrical connection with each other light of said group of lights, said group of lights comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.