Patent ID: 9664362
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A47G,F21S,F21V,F21Y

Claim:
1. A lighted artificial tree, comprising: a first tree portion including a trunk portion, a wiring system, an electrical connector, and a light string having a plurality of lighting elements, the electrical connector and wiring system positioned at least partially within a cavity of the trunk portion, the wiring system electrically connected to the electrical connector and the light string, the electrical connector including four conductive terminals; a second tree portion including a trunk portion, a wiring system, an electrical connector, and a light string having a plurality of lighting elements, the wiring system electrically connected to the electrical connector and the light string, the electrical connector including four conductive terminals; a power adapter configured to receive an input power and output an output power, wherein the wiring system of the first tree portion is configured to transmit the input power to two terminals of the four conductive terminals of the electrical connector of the first tree portion, and is configured to transmit the output power to the other two terminals of the four conductive terminals of the electrical connector of the first tree portion, and the first tree portion is configured to couple to the second tree portion such that the electrical connector of the first tree portion is in electrical connection with the electrical connector of the second tree portion, thereby transmitting the input power and the output power from the first tree portion to the second tree portion when the first or the second tree portion is connected to an external source of input power.