Patent ID: 8599104

Claim:
A panel assembly, comprising a plurality of node holders arranged in an array and connected to one another by flexible cable, said panel terminating in edges, wherein at least one of said edges is adapted to adjoin with an edge of a second panel assembly to form a multi-panel assembly; and a plurality of light strands, each of said strands comprising a plurality of spaced nodes connected by a wire conductor, wherein the spacing between said nodes corresponds to the spacing between said plurality of node holders such that each said node is releasably mounted to one of said plurality of node holders, and wherein each of said plurality of light strands is separately releasable from the node holders to which it is mounted so that said strand can be replaced on said panel assembly independently of the remainder of said plurality of strands, wherein said at least one edge comprises a plurality of either male or female buckles, each positioned to adjoin to a corresponding male or female buckle of a second panel assembly via a cooperating panel jumper assembly comprising a pair of spaced buckles.