Lighting system

A lighting system featuring retractable illumination components adapted to selectively depend beneath the eaves of a building comprising, in combination:

• a track assembly having a horizontal upper surface adapted to be coupled beneath eaves a building and a horizontal lower surface with vertical side surfaces there between, the track having a forward track and a laterally displaced return track with a spacer between the tracks, the forward and return tracks each having a rectangular configuration with a slot in the lower surface of the forward track;
• linear track sections with a projecting male end and a recessed female end, the linear track sections adapted to couple with respect to each other to form an extended length during operation and use;
• arcuate track sections with a projecting male end and a recessed female end, the arcuate track sections adapted to couple with respect to each other and to linear track sections to form an extended length during operation and use;
• four balls in each track section including two lower balls and two upper balls with recesses in each track section to retain the balls in a proper orientation aligned vertically and horizontally;
• a electrical primary cord in a continuous loop extending through the forward and return tracks, the primary cord being located with two balls above and two balls below for the sliding of the primary cord through the tracks between an operative display orientation and an inoperative retracted orientation, the primary cord having a diameter greater than the maximum spacing between the lower balls;
• a plurality of electrical secondary cords of varying lengths depending from and electrically coupled to the primary cord beneath the track assembly with bulbs located at spaced locations along the lengths of the secondary cords, the secondary cords having a maximum width less than the slot as well as the maximum spacing between the lower balls to thereby allow the secondary cords to depend from a location between the upper and lower balls then between the lower balls and then through the slot for depending there from;
• elastomeric seals on opposite sides of the slot to abate the entrance of moisture into the forward track, the elastomeric seals being spaced a distance less than the width of the slot but greater than the diameter of the secondary cord;
• a spool rotatably positioned in proximity to the track assembly with a reversible motor and a switch for rotating the spool in a first direction to position the secondary cords in the forward track in an operative orientation and in a secondary direction to position the secondary cords in the reverse track and on the spool in an inoperative orientation;
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• a source of potential to power the primary and secondary cords and bulbs when in the operative orientation depending from beneath the eaves of a building.