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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lonnie F Gary, Ransom Canyon, TX (US);
Stephen L Fillipp, Lubbock, TX (US);
Andrew G Avinger, Lubbock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Gary Products Group, Inc., Lubbock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362252 ; 362122 ; 362123 ; 428-7 ; 428-8 ; 428 20 ; 428198 ;
Abstract
A frame for supporting lights above a surface includes a plurality of spaced apart spiral strips extending between a location above the surface and a location on the surface. The strips are adapted to receive the lights. A plurality of connectors interconnect ones of the plurality of strips at spaced apart intervals along the strips to form a unitary structure. The strips in an unassembled position are coplanar and in an assembled extend position between the location above the surface and the surface.