Patent ID: 7090377
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: B60Q,F21S,F21V,F21W,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A light assembly comprising: a transparent, flexible, and elongated member including a plurality of hollow, cylindrical enclosures, wherein adjacent enclosures are coupled together by an integral connecting element and each enclosure has an internal space and an annular top flange; a plurality of LEDs, with each of the plurality of LEDs disposed in the internal space of one of the enclosures; an elongated base having a plurality of enlargements each fitted in a bottom of the enclosure wherein both terminals of each of the LEDs are fastened in the enlargement; a wire electrically coupled to the terminals of the LEDs, the wire having a plug at one end and a jack at the other end; and first and second hollow, cylindrical connecting members formed at first and second ends of the elongated member, with the first and second connecting members each having a pair of opposite recesses on its surface; wherein each of the first and second connecting members of the light assembly is capable of being cut to allow the other connecting member of another light assembly to be pressed onto the enclosure of the light assembly adjacent the end of the elongated member from which the connecting member was cut.