Patent ID: 6017132
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: A01G,A41G,A47G,Y10S

Abstract:
A decorative light-supporting structure for supportably routing a string of lights to depict a holiday item by shape, volume and illumination, comprising:a plurality of component members characterized by an upper light-supporting surface which terminates at a lower component edge, wherein the upper light-supporting surface defines a three-dimensional volume, and wherein the plurality of component members collectively form a larger, overall structure having a shape and volume corresponding to the holiday item;means for detachably connecting the plurality of component members together to form the larger, overall structure, whereby the plurality of component members may be disconnected from one another for storage and connected together to form the overall structure and depict the holiday item by shape and volume;a compound edge of the overall structure defined by the component edges of the connected plurality of component members; anda plurality of light-routing members extending from the compound edge of the overall structure whereby a string of lights may be routed back and forth between the light-routing members over and against the upper light-supporting surfaces of the component members to conform the string of lights to the shape and volume of the overall structure and thereby depict the holiday item by shape, volume and illumination.