Illumination – Supports – Imitation candle support
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-19
2001-02-27
Quach, Y. (Department: 2875)
Illumination
Supports
Imitation candle support
C362S810000, C362S397000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06193396
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention deals generally with decoration holders, and more specifically with a holder to securely hold an electric candle or other decorations at a window sill.
It is becoming more and more common to see electric candles displayed in windows, not only during the Christmas season, but, in some geographic regions, all year round. These electric candles typically include a base which is essentially an inverted cone, and are simply set upon the interior window sill. This arrangement is not only somewhat unstable, but it limits additional decorations associated with the candle to such things as simple ribbons tied around the candle. Furthermore, the instability of such candles make them difficult to use on the outside of windows.
It would be quite advantageous to have a very stable support for installing an electric candle adjacent to a window, or for attaching other significant decorations, such as Christmas greenery, and even installing the decorations outside the window.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a decoration holder which securely holds a candle or other vertically oriented decoration, such as a stick for a flag, either inside or outside a window, and also permits the display of other decorations adjacent to or instead of the vertically oriented decoration.
The invention holds such an electric candle and other decorations at a window sill, but does not depend upon the sill for support, so it can be used with very narrow sills, or even installed high on the window. The decoration holder is constructed as a horizontal main shelf with a vertical section attached to the back of the shelf and extensions from both the front edge of the main shelf and the top edge of the vertical back section.
Two back extensions rise up at an angle from the vertical back section and each has a second section which rises vertically again. This permits the decoration holder to fit loosely around the bottom window sash. The uppermost vertical sections of the rear extensions have suction cups to attach to the adjacent window, so that the decoration holder actually hangs from the window as opposed to sitting on the window sill.
The front extension extends downward at an angle to the main shelf, and both the shelf and the extension have several holes. The holes make it easy to attach other decorations, such as evergreen branches, in front of a candle or some other vertically extending decoration by the use of string or twist ties.
The vertically extending decoration, such as a candle or a flag stick is mounted by fitting it into “V” slots in two small horizontal holding shelves extending forward from the vertical section at the back of the shelf, and small notches are formed in the holding shelves to capture twist ties or rubber bands which hold the vertically oriented decoration in the “V” slots.
The electrical wires from a candle or other electrified decoration pass through a cutout in the vertical back section formed when one of the small holding shelves is cut out of the vertical section.
The entire assembly, except for the suction cups and the decorations themselves, can be made from a single sheet of material. The sheet is simply bent into the appropriate shape, after the horizontal holding shelves with their “V” slots, holes for decorations, and slots for the suction cups are formed into the sheet.
The decoration holder can therefore be made quite inexpensively, but it provides a safe and secure holder for use indoors or out to hold an electric candle or other seasonal or event decorations.
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Kessler Max J.
Keys-Ludwig Matthew P.
Winger Timothy M.
Fruitman Martin
Novelty Manufacturing Co.
Quach Y.
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