Patent ID: 9159253
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: F21S,F21W,G09F,H05B

Abstract:
1. A decorative lighting display comprising: a first string of lighting elements that are independently repositionable, the first string of lighting elements terminating in an electrical plug and having at least a first group and a second group of lighting elements, the lighting elements within each group of the first string being connected to each other in series by one or more conductors to illuminate simultaneously when energized; a display housing having an internal cavity defined by an outer perimeter and a continuous floor that spans the entire internal cavity within the outer perimeter, the internal cavity having a plurality of distinct internal regions that are separated from each other by one or more partition members to form a partitioned interior cavity, one or more of the lighting elements of the first group of lighting elements of the first string being positioned in a first region of the display housing and one or more of the lighting elements of the second group of lighting elements of the same first string being positioned in a second region of the display housing separate from the first region; and a first composite multi-layered display panel coupled to the display housing, the first composite multi-layered display panel being substantially flat and planar and having at least an image layer panel and an outer layer panel coupled to the image layer panel, the image layer panel formed from a first single plastic sheet and including a decorative image including at least a first and a second animated display portion and a static display portion, the outer layer formed from a first single plastic sheet and including a high transmissivity display area, an intermediate transmissivity display area, and a low transmissivity display area, the high transmissivity display area having a shape corresponding to the shape of the static display portion of the image layer, the intermediate transmissivity display area corresponding to a shape of the first and second animated display areas, and the low transmissivity display area corresponding to a shape of a background area that substantially surrounds the decorative image, the first region of the display housing being defined by a first partition member, a contour of the first partition member and a contour of the first internal region corresponding to the first animated display portion of the image layer and, the second region of the display housing being defined by a second partition member, a contour of the second partition member and a contour of the second internal region corresponding to an outline of the second animated display portion of the image layer, wherein, when the lighting display is activated, the one or more lighting elements positioned in the first region intermittingly illuminate a first portion of the display and the one or more lighting elements positioned in the second region intermittingly illuminate a second portion of the display, the intermittent illumination of the first and second portions of the display cooperating to produce a dynamic visual effect, wherein, the partition members are at least substantially opaque; wherein, the first group and the second group of lighting elements are strung together on a single strand, wherein the display housing is a one-piece plastic molded housing and the one or more projections extend from a lower surface of the housing to partition the housing into the plurality of regions, and wherein the plurality of regions are partitioned such that, when the lighting display is activated, light emanating from one of the regions is substantially prevented from illuminating any other region by the one or more partitions that separate the regions.