Patent ID: 7658505

Claim:
A modular temporary lighting assembly that provides electric power to a number of light bulbs to light an interior area of a building during construction, the building having a pedestal with at least one grounded electric outlet, said modular temporary lighting assembly comprising: a plurality of electric stringers, each stringer having an elongated cord and opposed ends, each stringer having a male plug at one of said ends and a female outlet at said other end, said male plug having positive and negative prongs, and said female outlet having cooperating positive and negative ports, said cord electrically connecting each of said positive and negative prongs to said cooperating positive and negative port; a plurality of electric receptacles, each receptacle having a male plug, two female outlets, and a socket for receiving one of the light bulbs, said male plug having positive and negative prongs, and each of said female outlets having cooperating positive and negative ports, said socket being electrically connected to said positive and negative prongs, and each of said positive and negative prongs being electrically connected to said cooperating positive and negative ports; wherein said male plug of each receptacle is electrically plugged into said female outlet of a corresponding stringer, said corresponding stringers and receptacles forming a plurality of sections of said assembly; and, wherein said male plug of a first section is electrically connected to the outlet of the building, and said male plug of each of said subsequent sections is electrically connected to one of said female outlets of one of said plurality of sections in an electrically linked manner, wherein said stringers have a cord that is made of a relatively soft flexible material that can be cut, and wherein one of said plurality of stringers can be cut to remove said modular temporary lighting assembly from the building, and said plurality of receptacles and said uncut stringers remain undamaged for reuse.