Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Hanging or drape type – Chain – cable – and/or strand type
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-05
2007-06-05
Purol, David (Department: 3634)
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Hanging or drape type
Chain, cable, and/or strand type
Reexamination Certificate
active
11036864
ABSTRACT:
When displaying decorative ornaments in vertical chains, that is, as ornament curtains, for example, in light fixtures, gaps or voids between the ornaments can detract from the overall visual appeal. Methods and apparatus of the present invention minimize the gaps and voids in an ornament display to provide a denser display of ornaments than the existing art. According to aspects of the invention, the denser ornament display is achieved by mounting ornament chains in gallery rings that suspend the ornament chains in staggered relationship either in multiple planes or within the same plane whereby the ornaments fill the gaps and voids in the visual field of the viewer. The invention also includes improved gallery rings and ornament chains that are adapted to be mounted to the improved gallery rings. Aspects of the invention may be used in many types of ornamental light fixtures, such as, chandeliers.
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Lussier Steven
Schonbek Andrew J.
Schuyler Andrew
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & & Mesiti P.C.
Pietrangelo John
Purol David
Schonbek Worldwide Lighting Inc.
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