Robert W Shaffer

US Patent:

58137513, Sep 29, 1998

Filed:

Jan 15, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/784031

Inventors:

Robert G. Shaffer - Lacey WA

International Classification:

F21V 2100
F21S 300

US Classification:

362249

Abstract:

A device for permanent installation of exterior Christmas lighting. The device includes an elongated channel having top and bottom walls joined by a rear wall, and a front wall that depends from the top wall, and a flexible, rectangular screen cover for insertion and retention between the front wall and the bottom wall. The device, in conjunction with one or more additional devices, can be custom fit and mounted by fasteners to a building exterior, such as along principal architectural features--e. g. , attached to the eaves or outlining a pitched roof. With the cover screen removed, a string of decorative Christmas lights can be positioned within and stretched from one end of the channel to an opposite end thereof, electrically connected to similar strings within additional such devices, and connected to a source of electrical power. With the devices so mounted and cover screens in place, they visually blend in with a building exterior and are hardly noticeable until the lighting is turned on, and then the illuminated decorative Christmas lighting is easily viewable through holes in the screens.