Patent ID: 7628524

Claim:
An illuminated decorative item, the item comprising: a decorative body created with at least one elongated strip of ribbon, said body having a base; a light source disposed at said base; an energy source electrically connected to said light source to supply energy to said light source; and at least one optic fiber, each optic fiber comprising an elongated body having a base end and a free end, said base end being close to and oriented towards said light source, said free end being arranged to visually complement said decorative body; wherein said energy source supplies energy to said light source, at least some light emitted by said light source enters said optic fiber at said base end, propagates inside the optic fiber, and exits from the free end thus generating an illumination at the free end and creating a illumination effect for said decorative item, said decorative body being a star bow made of said ribbon twisted and turned to define a plurality of loops disposed in a generally circular manner around a central axis and defining a generally flat base where said ribbon overlaps a number of times between said loops.