Patent ID: 6056418
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: F21S,F21V,Y10S

Abstract:
A decorative lamp string, comprising:a plurality of lamps coupled in a lamp string, each lamp being mounted on a socket having a cylindrical front body of a first diameter and a back body, said back body having two opposite parallel walls defining therebetween a width of said back body of said socket, said width of said back body being smaller than said first diameter of said cylindrical front body of said socket;a pattern frame including a strip laid-out in a desired contour, said strip being substantially rectangular in cross-section contour;a pair of conducting wires passing longitudinally from said socket between said parallel walls of said back body thereof; anda plurality of positioning members selectably positionable on said pattern frame, each said positioning member including a lower part adapted for removably attaching said positioning member to said strip of said pattern frame, and further including an upper part having a socket receiving opening for removably attaching said socket of a respective lamp thereto, said lower and upper parts being joined together over a transversely extending member of said positioning member,said lower part of said positioning member including a pair of spaced flexible jaws extending downwardly from said transversely extending member of said positioning member and forming therebetween a substantially rectangularly shaped opening for snugly receiving said strip therein, thus movably securing said positioning member to said strip, each said flexible jaw having an inwardly extending hook portion at a lower end thereof for engaging said pattern frame, andsaid upper part of said positioning member including an upper circular arc portion formed by an extended wall circumscribing a substantial portion of socket receiving opening, said extended wall having a first end thereof coupled to one end of said transversely extending member and a second end disposed in spaced relationship with an opposing end of said transversely extending member, thereby defining a side opening in open communication with said socket receiving opening disposed between said second end of said extended wall said transversely extending member for displacing said socket into said socket receiving opening.