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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1995
Charles W Fennessy, Lemont, IL (US);
Ivan Liu, Ontario, CA;
David A Parshad, Ontario, CA;
Frank Lang, Warrenville, IL (US);
Noma International, Inc., Forest Park, IL (US);
Abstract
An arrangement for mounting decorative lights on a variety of external building structures, including roof shingles, soffits, vinyl or metal gutters or the like, includes a mounting member having a support portion including at least one substantially cylindrical confining portion for receiving a portion of the respective decorative light. The mounting member further includes a mounting portion including a central portion extending substantially along the same plane as the support portion, and a pair of angled lateral portions flanking the central portion and extending out of the plane and back to it as considered in a direction away from the support portion. The central portion and the pair of lateral portions are operative for engaging oppositely facing surfaces of the respective building structure to at least frictionally detain the mounting member and, thus, the decorative light in place on the building structure. The lateral portions may be provided with teeth that either dig into the roof shingle or soffit, or engage behind a ledge or a rear protuberance of a gutter, depending on the type of structure on which the mounting arrangement is mounted. The central portion may include a serrated detent that projects out of the plane of the central portion towards the support portion and into engagement with either the roof shingle, or a front protuberance of a metal gutter.