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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
Central Garden and Pet Company, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
James W. Gibboney, Jr., Conyers, GA (US);
Central Garden and Pet Company, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Abstract
A locking mechanical and electrical connector for joining two sections of an artificial holiday tree includes an upper and a lower part that thread to a joined configuration from a separated configuration and locked in the joined position by a ball detent. Once completely joined, electrical contacts carried by the upper part are in electrical contact with electrical contacts carried by the lower part. The electrical wiring of the upper and lower parts is managed using harnesses and kept electrically separated from the two sections of the artificial tree. In joining of tree tubing sections, the weight of the upper section helps drive the rotation of the upper part with respect to the lower part, assisted by the low friction design of the threaded connection and the ball contact between the upper part electrical contacts and the interface surface of the lower part.
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