Patent ID: 7891848

Claim:
A lighting assembly comprising: a lighting fixture base; a plurality of elongate decorative elements each having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a medial portion extending therebetween; a plurality of male fittings each connected to the proximal end portion of a separate one of the plurality of elongate decorative elements, each male fitting configured to be inserted into a female fitting, each male fitting comprising a ferromagnetic material; a corresponding plurality of female fittings each connected to separate portions of the lighting fixture base, each female fitting including a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a medial portion extending therebetween, the distal end portion and the medial portion each including portions of a recess configured to receive substantial portions of the male fitting of a separate one of the plurality of male fittings; and a plurality of magnets, each magnet positioned adjacent the proximal end portion of a separate one of the plurality of female fittings, each male fitting magnetically coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of female fittings when inserted therein to releasably connect a respective separate one of the plurality of elongate decorative elements to the lighting fixture base.