US 6,686,701 B1 · String light assembly with a control panel for illumination of particularly colored bulbs upon a decorative light string

Abstract

A string light assembly having a control panel and at least one decorative light string. The control panel has a plurality of color enabling switches for selectively illuminating only light bulbs of a particular color located upon the decorative light strings. In use, a user strings the decorative light strings with a plurality of light bulbs having an assortment of colors. The user chooses which of those colors will be illuminated on a particular occasion by activating only those switches which correspond to the desired colors. The control panel has a timer for automatically turning on and turning off the light bulbs on the decorative light strings at times which are predetermined by the user. The control panel may be powered by standard alternating current or by solar power.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A string light assembly, for decorative use on a variety of occasions, comprising:

at least one decorative light string having a plurality of bulbs, each bulb having a color being one of a plurality of pre-selected particular colors, such that the decorative light string contains groups of bulbs, each group being of a particular color;
and
a control panel in electrical communication with the at least one decorative light string, said control panel for controlling the illumination of the at least one decorative light string, said control panel having a plurality of color enabling switches, wherein each color enabling switch allows a user to separately enable or disable illumination of each group of particularly colored light bulbs, said control panel having a plurality of wires in communication with the color enabling switches, wherein each wire selectively supplies an electric current to the group of light bulbs of one of the particular colors.

A method of using a string light assembly, said string light assembly having at least one decorative light string having a plurality of differently colored light bulbs arranged in groups of light bulbs having-a particular color, said string light assembly also having a control panel in electrical communication with the at least one decorative light string, said control panel for controlling the illumination of the at least one decorative light string, said control panel having a plurality of color enabling switches, wherein each color enabling switch selectively illuminates light bulbs of one group of bulbs of a particular color, said control panel having a plurality of wires connecting the color enabling switches with light bulbs of a particular color, said method comprising the steps of:

a) stringing the at least one decorative light string with variously colored light bulbs;
b) positioning the decorative light strings upon a surface to be decorated;
c) enabling a desired color scheme for the string light assembly by turning on the color enabling switches by the user which correspond to particularly colored light bulbs suitable for a particular occasion;
d) powering the string light assembly by a power source chosen from the group consisting of an alternating current power source and a solar power source;
and
e) illuminating only those light bulbs which are among the particularly colored light bulbs enabled by the color enabling switches.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

String light assembly with a control panel for illumination of particularly colored bulbs upon a decorative light string

Life of this patent

String light assembly with a control panel for illumination of particularly colored bulbs upon a decorative light string

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims6