Patent ID: 6764205
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: A47G,F21S,F21V,F21W,Y10S

Abstract:
A pigtail, lighted ornament, comprising:a blown glass ornament body; a pigtail electrical cord; a light electrically coupled to one end of the cord; a pigtail electrical connector at the other end of the cord, for connection to a receiving socket, for supplying power to the light; an opening defined in the ornament body; and a grommet seated in the opening, wherein the grommet defines a central longitudinal groove, defined by opposed flexible surfaces, and wherein the ornament body defining the opening has a rim thickness, wherein the groove has a relaxed opening width less than the rim thickness, so that the opposed flexible surfaces grip the ornament body, the grommet defining a seat in which the light is held so that the light is held securely, but removably coupled to the outside of the ornament body, and to allow the pigtail electrical connector to be plugged into a pigtail-style light strand.