Abstract:
A gemstone colored ornament illuminated from within by a light bulb electrically energized through serially connected tiers of pearl white illuminated light strings provides a hanging jewel appearance for display across the gable of a house.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    None. 
       STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 
       [0002]    Research and development of this invention and Application have not been federally sponsored, and no rights are given under any Federal program. 
       REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX 
       [0003]    Not Applicable 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0004]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0005]    This invention relates to the outdoor lighting of a house, in general, and to the Christmastime light display at the outside of a house, in particular. 
         [0006]    2. Description of the Related Art 
         [0007]    As is well known and understood, Christmas decorations are often hung at the outside of a house from right after Thanksgiving through New Year&#39;s Day. Many of these decorations, furthermore, are illuminated at night. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0008]    As will become clear from the following description, the present invention is a unique construction of a Christmastime light display which gives a jeweled appearance across the gables of a house. More particularly, it provides the look of a gemstone hanging from the strands of a pearl necklace. As will be appreciated, calling the invention the “Crown Jewels” is quite appropriate. 
         [0009]    As will become clear, the crown jewel Xmas light display includes first and second strings of serially connected illuminated lights of prescribed wattage, an illuminated light of greater wattage serially connected between the first and second strings, and a plurality of fasteners along at least the lengths of the strings for securing the strings and the illuminated light to the gable of a house. Whereas the fasteners may be located only at the ends of each string, in a preferred embodiment they are also located at the greater wattage light. To give the “Crown Jewel” effect, the greater wattage light includes a gemstone colored ornament illuminated from within (to glow one of red, green, blue, purple and white) by a light bulb electrically energized by a pair of electrical power lines coupled with the ornament, and wherein the strings of illuminated lights include a plurality of ornaments illuminated from within (to glow white or pearl white) by light bulbs electrically energized from the same pair of electrical power lines. To fasten the display to the gables of the house, a series of clip rings may be employed to couple the ends of each string and the greater wattage light at appropriate points. 
         [0010]    In a preferred construction of the invention, each of the first and second strings include at least one tier or strand of serially connected lights, with each successive tier below a first including an increased number of lights. In one construction of the invention, three such tiers or strands are employed, with each successive tier being composed of two more lights than the tier or strand immediately above it—12, 14, 16, for example, from top to bottom. With 12 individual white or pearl white glowing ornaments of a string being of a 3 inch diameter, for example, of 2 inch separation, a necklace effect of some 5 feet is presented on either side of the greater wattage ornamentation—which itself could be sized 3 feet from top to bottom and 2 feet from side to side, and colored one of red, green, blue, purple and white to present the appearance of a ruby, emerald, amethyst, diamond, etc. As will also be seen, additional strings of tiers or strands could be serially coupled at the end of a first string remote from the greater wattage ornament, to provide extended lengths of these strings. 
     
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0011]    These and other features of the present invention will be more clearly understood from a consideration of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
           [0012]      FIG. 1  is an illustration of the gemstone colored light ornamentation of the invention; 
           [0013]      FIG. 2  depicts the hanging of the gemstone colored light ornamentation of  FIG. 1  on one side with three strings of illuminated lights of lesser wattage arranged in three tiers or strands each; 
           [0014]      FIG. 3  is an illustration as to a manner of fastening the gemstone colored light ornamentation and strings of illuminated lights at the gable of a house; and 
           [0015]      FIG. 4  is an illustration of the gemstone colored light ornamentation serially connected with three strings of illuminated lights of three tiers or strands on each side of the gemstone colored light ornamentation. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0016]    In  FIG. 1 , an illuminated light energized by a pair of electrical power lines  10 ,  12  sits behind a gemstone colored ornament  14  to glow, for example, one of red, green, blue, purple and white when the light bulb is energized. A male plug is shown at  16 , and a female plug is shown at  18 . 
         [0017]    In  FIG. 2 , a first string of serially connected illuminated lights  100  are shown, of prescribed wattage, less than that of the bulb behind the gemstone ornament  14 . As indicated, the serial connection is established by the right most female plug  20  coupling with the male plug  16 , together with its male and female plugs  22 ,  24  connecting together, with its male plug  26  connecting with its female plug  28 , and with its male plug  30  connecting to the electrical supply line as shown. In accordance with the invention, the lesser wattage lights  25  may each be of a type to glow “white” when illuminated, and beyond its own plastic covering composed to produce a “pearl white” glow when the bulb is illuminated. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the string  100  is composed of three strands or tiers of such lights  25 , all serially connected, with a first tier, as illustrated, including 12 illuminable lights, a second lower included tier including 14 illuminable lights, and a third still lower included tier including 16 illuminable lights—more specifically, with each successive tier below the first including an increased number of illuminable lights. The illuminable lights of the intermediate tier in  FIG. 2  are indicated at  27 , and at  29  in the lowest tier of  FIG. 2 . 
         [0018]      FIG. 4  shows the gemstone colored ornament  14  hung between first and second strings of these lesser wattage lights, arranged in three tiers on each side of the ornament  14 . The first tier  35  illustrates (in this simplified drawing) four such lights, the middle tier  37  includes 6 such lights, and the lower tier  39  shows 8 such lights. As will be understood, each light of the string is serially connected with its adjacent light, and with the central gemstone greater wattage light in the center. 
         [0019]    With the preferred construction having the gemstone ornament glowing one of red, green, blue, purple and white to simulate such colors as ruby red, emerald green, sapphire blue, amethyst purple and diamond, and with the lesser wattage lights of the strings  100  (and  102  in  FIG. 4 ), a “Crown Jewels” appearance is presented when the strings  100  and  102 , and the gemstone colored ornament  14  are hung from the gables of a house. 
         [0020]    Such hanging of the “Crown Jewels” is shown in  FIG. 3 , with the gables of the house being shown at  75 . (For purposes of simplification, the electrical wire interconnections between the individual lesser illuminated lights as  25 ,  27 ,  29  are omitted, as are the electrical connections between the strings  100  and  102  with the gemstone colored greater wattage gemstone light  14 .) A plurality of fasteners along at least the length of the strings  100 ,  102  connect to the gable  75  for securing the strings and their illuminated lights to the house. Shown as clip rings  80  located at the ends of each string, and with a further clip ring  82  for securing the gemstone colored greater wattage light ornament  14 , the overall jeweled effect is presented. As will be understood by those skilled in the art, the plugs at the end of the strings  100 ,  102  join to the electrical supply to energize the entire, serially connected string and intermediate gemstone configuration. 
         [0021]    In one particularly attractive display of the invention, the gemstone colored ornament of FIGURE was selected of a top-to-bottom length of 3 feet, and side-to-side width of 2 feet. The light ornaments of the first and second strings  100 ,  102  in such construction were selected of a 3 inch diameter with a 2 inch spacing between successive lights. With the end most light of each string  100 ,  102  being 1 inch from its fastener, individual 5 foot lengths of string serially connect to each side of the 2 foot wide gemstone ornament  14 . With the configuration of  FIG. 4 , 9 clip ring fasteners are utilized, 4 on each gable, and 1 at the peak. Clip rings of ¾ inch opening the hanging of the light display to the house gables. As will be appreciated, to keep costs reasonably low, each of the lights are enclosed within their own plastic ornamental covering. 
         [0022]    While there have been described what are considered to be preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art that modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the teachings herein. For at least such reason, therefore, resort should be had to the claims appended hereto for a true understanding of the scope of the invention.