Decorative light-supporting structure for holding connected string of

Abstract

A decorative light-supporting structure is disclosed. In a first form, the structure simulates a lighted tree and preferably includes three rigid supports. The lower ends of the rigid supports hold the decorative light-supporting structure above a surface, a lower skirt detachably connects the three rigid supports near their lower ends, and a cap detachably fits over and joins the upper ends of the rigid supports. The cap has a plurality of protrusions extending from an upper surface of the cap to facilitate wrapping of a string of lights over the upper surface and between the protrusions. A bottom edge of the lower skirt has a plurality of skirt protrusions to facilitate wrapping of the string of lights between the cap and the plurality of skirt protrusions. Each wrap routs the string of lights from a skirt protrusion to the upper surface and back down to and around another skirt protrusion. A second form of the invention provides an overall structure that has the shape and volume of a holiday item such as a wreath or a candy cane. Several component members having component edges are detachably connected to one another to form the overall structure and, moreover, to form a compound edge which includes light-routing protrusions for wrapping a string of lights in close conformance to the overall structure. As a result, the overall structure takes on the shape and volume of the holiday item even when unlighted.