Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems – Plural series connected load devices – Christmas lights
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-31
2001-09-25
Vu, David (Department: 2821)
Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
Plural series connected load devices
Christmas lights
C362S123000, C428S018000, CD11S118000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06294877
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an artificial blinking Christmas tree and more particularly pertains to a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly for providing mesmerizing and time-saving Christmas decoration.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of an artificial blinking Christmas tree is known in the prior art. More specifically, an artificial blinking Christmas tree heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,213,407; U.S. Pat. No. 3,655,495; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 349,359; U.S. Pat. No. 5,489,452; U.S. Pat. No. 3,967,019; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 67,261.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly. The inventive device includes a base support including a main support member, a plurality of feet members extending from a bottom of the main support member, and a plurality of upright tree support members extending upwardly from a top of the main support member; and also includes a light assembly support member securely mounted upon the base support member; and further includes a light-reflecting member securely disposed within the light assembly support member; and also includes a light-fragmenting member removably disposed about the light assembly support member; and also includes a tree-shaped housing having an open bottom and being removably supported upon the base support member; and further includes a light-emitting means for emitting light through the tree-shaped housing.
In these respects, the artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing mesmerizing and time-saving Christmas decoration.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of artificial blinking Christmas tree now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing mesmerizing and time-saving Christmas decoration.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly which has many of the advantages of the artificial blinking Christmas tree mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art artificial blinking Christmas tree, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a base support including a main support member, a plurality of feet members extending from a bottom of the main support member, and a plurality of upright tree support members extending upwardly from a top of the main support member; and also includes a light assembly support member securely mounted upon the base support member; and further includes a light-reflecting member securely disposed within the light assembly support member; and also includes a light-fragmenting member removably disposed about the light assembly support member; and also includes a tree-shaped housing having an open bottom and being removably supported upon the base support member; and further includes a light-emitting means for emitting light through the tree-shaped housing.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly which has many of the advantages of the artificial blinking Christmas tree mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art artificial blinking Christmas tree, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly for providing mesmerizing and time-saving Christmas decoration.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new artificial blinking Christmas tree assembly which includes a base support including a main support member, a plurality of feet members extending from a bottom of the main support member, and a plurality of upright tree support members extending upwardly from a top of the main support member; and also includes a light assembly support member securely mounted upon the base support member; and further includes a light-reflecting member securely disposed within the light assembly support member; and also in
Woodward Carole L.
Woodward Thomas W.
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