Patent ID: 8579453

Claim:
A decorative assembly, comprising: an electrical cord terminated by at least one electrical connector; a first lighting element; a first lighting element socket electrically coupled to the electrical cord and dimensioned and arranged to retain and make mating electrical contact with the first lighting element; and a fragrance releasing cartridge coupled to at least one of the first lighting element socket and the first lighting element, said cartridge having at least one of a first section defining an interior bore dimensioned and arranged to receive and retain an upper portion of the first lighting element socket and a second section defining an interior bore dimensioned and arranged to enclose at least a lower, light emitting portion of the first lighting element, wherein the cartridge is made from a material comprising a scented compound having a desired scent, the scented compound being present throughout the cartridge and having an elevated rate of vaporization from the material when the cartridge is in a heated state due to being in close proximity to one of an illuminated, heat producing lighting element and a discrete, resistive heating element, the elevated rate of vaporization being significantly greater than a reduced rate of vaporization of the scented compound from the material when the cartridge is not in the heated state and further wherein the cartridge includes the first and second sections, the interior bore of the first section being dimensioned and arranged to retain the upper portion of the first lighting element socket in a friction fitting relationship, whereby the cartridge may be removed and replaced after substantially all of the scented compound evaporates.