Patent ID: 6439744
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W

Abstract:
A decorative lighting system for deploying a string of decorative lights above a ground surface, comprising:a string of decorative lights comprising a plurality of electrical sockets each connected by wiring strung between each of the sockets, each socket receiving a light bulb; and a plurality of separate stake means for holding the plurality of sockets, each stake means comprising, insertion means, formed at one end of the stake means, for facilitating placement of the stake means by driving the stake means through the ground surface and into the ground, and cylindrical body comprised of first and second members which are selectively coupleable to one another to facilitate placement of wiring through the center of said cylindrical body, one of said members being joined to said insertion means as an integral part thereof, the other of said members being separate from said insertion means, and when uncoupled, said members permitting placement of said wiring through the interior of the unassembled cylindrical body, and when coupled, said members together forming said cylindrical body by their assembly, so as to form at one end thereof a receiving end means for receiving an individual socket, the opposite end of said assembled cylindrical body being seated upon and supported by said insertion means so that the assembled stake means can then be driven into the ground.