US3828182A
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Star type ornamental structure
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1973-04-27
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Granted: 1974-08-06
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Expires: 1993-04-27
Abstract
Abstract An ornamental structure preferably in the shape of a star which consists of a plurality of triangularly-shaped apices formed of platic material, such as plexiglas, which glows under the influence of light. The triangular plastic apices are connected together by removable bolts extending through mating flanges on opposed canisters. One or both of the canisters may have an opening to receive an electrical light bulb having a contact on its inner end which engages a contact on the holder when the light bulb is threaded in place and electrical conductors lead from the contact on the holder to a source of electrical energy. A spring holder is provided to receive shrubbery or a branch of a tree to hold the structure in an upright position. An aperture is also provided in one of the apices to suspend the structure from a support, such as a window sill. The holder for the bulbs is provided with spring clips which may be inserted through an opening in one of the canisters when compressed and engages the edges of the opening to hold the light bulb in place when the pressure is released. Dividers may also be provided to form a plurality of compartments, each of which receives a light bulb and in addition a series of pairs of triangularly-shaped plastic apices may be held in place by oppositely disposed canisters between which a divider is inserted to provide a pair of compartments, each of which has a light bulb therein and each of which is preferably of a color different from the other.
Inventors
- 👤 J Semonovich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 12:31
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F19/00; G09F19/12; G09F19/125; F; F21; F21W; F21W2121/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
325 words
An ornamental structure consisting of a plurality of triangularly-shaped plastic tips that glow under the influence of light and which lie in the same plane, inner and outer substantially similar canisters, each having a body portion and an open end portion arranged in opposed relation to the open end portion of the other canister and each canister having a flange extending normal to its open end portion which is parallel to the flange on the other canister and the base portion of each of the plastic tips being arranged between a pair of said flanges, means extending through the flanges of the inner and outer canisters and the base of each of the plastic tips to provide a housing when said canisters are connected together, one of said canisters having an opening in its end portion through which a light bulb and a holder into which the light bulb is threaded may be inserted and said holder having oppositely disposed side portions, a pair of spring clips, each having inner, intermediate, and outer end portions, the inner end portion of one of said clips being secured to one side portion of said holder and the inner end portion of the other clip being secured to the opposite side portion of said holder, an intermediate portion of each of said clips having a recess therein for receiving an edge portion of the canister surrounding said opening, and the outer free end portion of each of said clips being extended through said opening, and said holder with the light bulb threaded therein being extended through the opening in said canister when the free ends of said clips are pressed toward each other and moved inwardly into the canister through said opening and the intermediate portions of said clips being spaced from each holder and in engagement with the edge of the canister surrounding said opening when the pressure on the free ends of the clips is released.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
325 words
An ornamental structure consisting of a plurality of triangularly-shaped plastic tips that glow under the influence of light and which lie in the same plane, inner and outer substantially similar canisters, each having a body portion and an open end portion arranged in opposed relation to the open end portion of the other canister and each canister having a flange extending normal to its open end portion which is parallel to the flange on the other canister and the base portion of each of the plastic tips being arranged between a pair of said flanges, means extending through the flanges of the inner and outer canisters and the base of each of the plastic tips to provide a housing when said canisters are connected together, one of said canisters having an opening in its end portion through which a light bulb and a holder into which the light bulb is threaded may be inserted and said holder having oppositely disposed side portions, a pair of spring clips, each having inner, intermediate, and outer end portions, the inner end portion of one of said clips being secured to one side portion of said holder and the inner end portion of the other clip being secured to the opposite side portion of said holder, an intermediate portion of each of said clips having a recess therein for receiving an edge portion of the canister surrounding said opening, and the outer free end portion of each of said clips being extended through said opening, and said holder with the light bulb threaded therein being extended through the opening in said canister when the free ends of said clips are pressed toward each other and moved inwardly into the canister through said opening and the intermediate portions of said clips being spaced from each holder and in engagement with the edge of the canister surrounding said opening when the pressure on the free ends of the clips is released.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
An ornamental structure as defined in claim 1 in which the body portion of each of the canisters is circular in shape and the flanges extending outwardly normal to the free end portions of said canisters are also circular in shape.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
An ornamental structure as defined in claim 1 in which the body of each of the canisters is pentagonal in shape with each of the sides being of equal width throughout its length and the open end portion of each canister having a flange extending normal to each of the sides.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
111 words
An ornamental structure as defined in claim 1 in which five triangularly-shaped plastic tips in the form of a star are provided, the base portion of each of which are held together between the flanges extending normally outwardly from the inner and outer canisters and in which a support in the form of a spring is connected to the end portion of the inner canister which extends normal to the apex of one of said triangularly shaped tips which spring has outwardly buoyed inner portions and spring fingers extending outwardly therefrom which enable the ornamental structure to be held in an upright symmetrical position when attached to a tree or shrubbery.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
134 words
An ornamental structure as defined in claim 1 in which the structure includes five plastic tips which are held in place between the opposed flanges on the free end portions of the inner and outer canisters and a divider is arranged within the housing formed by the canisters having five arms which merge together at the central portion of said housing with adjacent pairs of arms being arranged in opposed relation to the base portion of each of the plastic tips to form a plurality of compartments, an electrical light bulb arranged in each compartment which when energized causes the light from each bulb to pass through the edge of the base portion of each of the respective tips to form a light glow around the outer edges of each of the plastic tips.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
Apparatus as specified in claim 5 in which each electrical bulb is of a color different from each of the other electrical bulbs.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
270 words
An ornamental structure as defined in claim 1 in which five triangularly shaped plastic tips which are comparatively large in size are arranged in the same plane in the form of a star and said structure also including five additional plastic tips, each of which is smaller than each of the larger tips and each of which is arranged in close parallel relation to one of the larger tips and each of the five smaller tipS being also in the form of a star with the apex of each of the smaller tips being spaced inwardly relative to the apex of one of the larger plastic tips, a divider extending between the outwardly extending flanges of said canisters with its outer edges extending between the base of the larger triangular bases of the larger tips and the bases of each of the smaller triangularly shaped elastic tips and each of the flanges of the canister, the divider, and the base of each of said tips having apertures therein, means passing through said apertures for holding the plastic tips, the divider, and the canisters together, an electrical bulb arranged in the housing on each side of said divider, the light from one of which bulbs when energized passing through the edges of the base portion of each of the larger plastic tips to form a light glow around the larger plastic tips and the light from the other bulb when energized passing light through the edges of each of the bases of the smaller plastic tips to form a light glow around the edges of each of the smaller plastic tips.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
86 words
An ornamental structure as defined in claim 7 in which each of the electrical light bulbs when energized produces a light of a color different than the other bulb so that the light from the bulb which passes through the edges of the bases of the larger elastic tips and the light from the other colored bulb which passes through the edges of the bases of the smaller elastic tips causes a glow of light of a different color to pass around the smaller plastic tips.
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