Illumination – Self powered lamp – Dome – globe or wire guard or lamp bulb cover
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-07
2002-04-02
O'Shea, Sandra (Department: 2875)
Illumination
Self powered lamp
Dome, globe or wire guard or lamp bulb cover
C368S306000, C368S276000, C368S277000, C368S306000, C368S121000, C368S153000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06364503
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to memorial assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new illuminated memorial assembly for providing a substantially continual illumination at a memorial site.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of memorial assemblies is known in the prior art. More specifically, memorial assemblies 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. Nos. 5,564,816; 5,255,170; 5,013,972; 5,633,565; 4,384,317; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 378,435.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new illuminated memorial assembly. The inventive device includes a housing. The housing has a bottom portion and a top portion. A plurality of connecting rods connects the top portion to the bottom portion in a spaced relationship. Each of the rods is elongate and has a first end and a second end. Each of the first ends is coupled to the top portion, and each of the second ends is removably coupled to the bottom portion. A light assembly includes a light bulb. The light bulb is mounted in a light socket, which is mounted on a top surface of the bottom portion. A power source comprises a battery. The battery is mounted in the bottom portion and is operationally coupled to the light socket.
In these respects, the illuminated memorial 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 a substantially continual illumination at a memorial site.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of memorial assemblies now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new illuminated memorial assembly construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing a substantially continual illumination at a memorial site.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new illuminated memorial assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the memorial assemblies mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new illuminated memorial assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art memorial assemblies, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing. The housing has a bottom portion and a top portion. A plurality of connecting rods connects the top portion to the bottom portion in a spaced relationship. Each of the rods is elongate and has a first end and a second end. Each of the first ends is coupled to the top portion, and each of the second ends is removably coupled to the bottom portion. A light assembly includes a light bulb. The light bulb is mounted in a light socket, which is mounted on a top surface of the bottom portion. A power source comprises a battery. The battery is mounted in the bottom portion and is operationally coupled to the light socket.
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 illuminated memorial assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the memorial assemblies mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new illuminated memorial assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art memorial assemblies, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new illuminated memorial assembly which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new illuminated memorial assembly which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new illuminated memorial 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 illuminated memorial assembly economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new illuminated memorial 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 illuminated memorial assembly for providing a substantially continual illumination at a memorial site.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new illuminated memorial assembly which includes a housing. The housing has a bottom portion and a top portion. A plurality of connecting rods connects the top portion to the bottom portion in a spaced relationship. Each of the rods is elongate and has a first end and a second end. Each of the first ends is coupled to the top portion, and each of the second ends is removably coupled to the bottom portion. A light assembly includes a light bulb. The light bulb is mounted in a light socket, which is mounted on a top surface of the bottom portion. A power source comprises a battery. The battery is mounted in the bottom portion and is operationally coupled to the light socket.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new illuminated memorial assembly that utilizes solar energy for allowing the continued power supply for the light.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new illuminated memorial assembly that replaces the need to daily change candles in traditional illuminated memorial assemblies.
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Wenzel Christina A.
Wenzel Herman J.
Alavi Ali
O'Shea Sandra
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