Patent ID: 7819553

Claim:
A modular light strand kit, comprising: a plurality of elongated wire segments, each of the segments having: an electrically conductive wire strand; a plug at one end of the wire segment; and a receptacle at the other end of the wire segment, the plug and the receptacle of each of the segments being electrically connectable to the other wire segments in the plurality of wire segments; a single light fixture disposed proximate to the end of at least one of the wire segments, the single light fixture being electrically connected to the conductive wire strand, the conductive wire strand having a first length dimension; a cover housing the light fixture at the end of the wire segment, the electrical receptacle being surrounded by the cover; a mains adapter plug removably connectable to the wire segment plug, the mains adapter plug being adapted for connecting to a mains voltage source to supply power to a chain of the electrically connected wire segments, whereby the light fixtures are energized; and additional lighting fixtures, the additional lighting fixtures being disposed between the plug and the end lighting fixture on the wire strand, length of the wire strand being extended to accommodate the additional lighting fixtures.