Patent ID: 7204367
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A method for protecting a decorative-light string, or strings, comprising the steps of: a. providing a longitudinally compressed long, thin-walled plastic tube, that forms a short collapsed tube having an inner passageway, and b. providing a constraining wall with a height roughly equal to that of said collapsed tube and with an effective inner diameter roughly equal to an outer diameter of said collapsed tube, and c. providing a first constraining surface having a first opening with a diameter roughly equal to that of said inner passageway, and d. providing a second constraining surface having a second opening with a diameter roughly equal to that of said inner passageway, wherein said constraining wall and said first constraining surface and said second constraining surface together effectively constrain said collapsed tube, and wherein said first opening and said second opening are concentric with said inner passageway, and e. passing said decorative-light string sequentially through said first opening, said inner passageway, and said second opening,  whereby said decorative-light string is encased within said thin-walled plastic tube as it passes through said inner passageway.