Granted Patent B2

US 10,655,802 · App. 16/178,175 · Granted May 19, 2020

Inventor: Johnny Chen (Taipei, TW)

Assignee: Willis Electric Co., Ltd.

F21S4/15F21V23/001F21V23/06H01R13/627H01R25/003F21S4/10F21W2121/00F21W2121/006

Abstract

Claims (33)

1. A tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly having first, second, third and fourth sides that define a rectangular display area, the decorative-lighting assembly comprising:

a power plug adjacent a first corner formed at the first and fourth sides of the rectangular display area;

a power receptacle adjacent a second corner formed at the first and second sides of the rectangular display area;

a plurality of power wires in electrical connection with the power plug and the power receptacle;

a plurality of lamp assemblies distributed within the rectangular display area;

a plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires electrically connecting the plurality of lamp assemblies, each of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires electrically connecting a pair of the plurality of lamp assemblies and extending in a direction from the first side of the rectangular display area to the third side of the rectangular display area, the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires connected to the plurality of lamp assemblies forming a plurality of rows of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires connected to the plurality of lamp assemblies, each row of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires extending from the first side of the rectangular display area to the third side of the rectangular display area and connecting a group of the plurality of lamp assemblies in each of the rows of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires, each of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires including an internal reinforcing strand, none of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires having an external reinforcing strand or other external reinforcing structure, thereby reducing potential tangling of the decorative-lighting assembly;

a plurality of mechanical-connection cords forming a plurality of rows of mechanical connection cords, each of the rows of mechanical-connection cords extending from the first side of the rectangular display area to the third side of the rectangular display area, none of the plurality of mechanical-connection cords including wire conductors, and each of the rows of the plurality of mechanical-connection cords directly mechanically connected to less than all of the plurality of lamp assemblies of the group of the plurality of lamp assemblies of each row of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires connected to the plurality of lamp assemblies, and each row of the plurality of mechanical-connection cords is adjacent to a row of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires connected to the plurality of lamp assemblies,

wherein none of the plurality of power wires are twisted together along a length of any of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires of the decorative-lighting assembly, and none of the plurality of mechanical connection cords are twisted together along a length of any of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires of the decorative-lighting assembly, thereby reducing potential tangling of the decorative-lighting assembly.

2. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of power wires define the first side of the rectangular display area.

3. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein each lamp assembly includes a lamp and a lamp holder.

4. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of internal reinforcing strands, each of the plurality of internal reinforcing strands comprising a yarn of multiple fibers, and wherein the plurality of internal conductors comprises a first layer of one or more conductors surrounded by a second layer of conductors.

5. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of internal reinforcing strands, each of the plurality of internal reinforcing strands not in contact with another of the plurality of internal reinforcing strands.

6. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of internal conductors comprises a first layer of one or more conductors surrounded by a second layer of conductors.

7. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the internal reinforcing strand comprises a yarn of multiple fibers.

8. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the internal reinforcing strand comprises a single fiber.

9. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein each intermediate wire of the plurality of 22 AWG reinforced intermediate wires comprises a plurality of internal wire conductors, the internal reinforcing strand, and a layer of insulation covering the plurality of internal wire conductors and the internal reinforcing strand, and wherein at least a portion of one of the plurality of internal wire conductors is located at a center of the intermediate wire, the internal reinforcing strand is in direct contact with the layer of insulation.

10. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the plurality of internal wire conductors is in direct contact with the layer of insulation.

11. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 9 , further comprising a plurality of internal reinforcing strands, each of the plurality of internal reinforcing strands in direct contact with one or more of the plurality of conductors.

12. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 9 , wherein the internal reinforcing strand comprises a yarn of multiple fibers.

13. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 12 , wherein the yarn of multiple fibers is in direct contact with one or more of the plurality of conductors.

14. A tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly having first, second, third and fourth sides that define a rectangular display area, the decorative-lighting assembly comprising:

a power plug adjacent a first corner formed at the first and fourth sides of the rectangular display area;

a power receptacle adjacent a second corner formed at the first and second sides of the rectangular display area;

a plurality of power wires in electrical connection with the power plug and the power receptacle;

a plurality of lamp assemblies distributed within the rectangular display area; a plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires electrically connecting the plurality of lamp assemblies, each of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires electrically connecting a pair of the plurality of lamp assemblies and extending in a direction from the first side of the rectangular display area to the third side of the rectangular display area, the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires connected to the plurality of lamp assemblies forming a plurality of rows of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires connected to the plurality of lamp assemblies, each row of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires extending from the first side of the rectangular display area to the third side of the rectangular display area and connecting a group of the plurality of lamp assemblies in each of the rows of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires, each of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires including an internal reinforcing strand, a plurality of internal wire conductors, and a layer of insulation covering the plurality of internal wire conductors and the internal reinforcing strand, the internal reinforcing strand in direct contact with the layer of insulation, one or more of the plurality of internal wire conductors in direct contact with the layer of insulation, and none of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires having an external reinforcing strand or other external reinforcing structure, thereby reducing potential tangling of the decorative-lighting assembly;

a plurality of mechanical-connection cords forming a plurality of rows of mechanical connection cords, each of the rows of mechanical-connection cords extending from the first side of the rectangular display area to the third side of the rectangular display area, none of the plurality

of mechanical-connection cords including wire conductors, and each of the rows of the plurality of mechanical-connection cords directly mechanically connected to less than all of the plurality of lamp assemblies of the group of the plurality of lamp assemblies of each row of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires connected to the plurality of lamp assemblies, and each row of the plurality of mechanical-connection cords is adjacent to a row of the plurality of 22AWG reinforced intermediate wires connected to the plurality of lamp assemblies.

15. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 14 , wherein none of the plurality of power wires are twisted together along a length of any of the intermediate wires of the decorative-lighting assembly, and none of the mechanical connection cords are twisted together along a length of any of the intermediate wires of the decorative-lighting assembly, thereby reducing potential tangling of the decorative-lighting assembly.

16. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 14 , wherein the internal reinforcing strand is in direct contact with one or more of the plurality of internal wire conductors.

17. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of internal wire conductors comprises a first layer of one or more conductors surrounded by a second layer of conductors.

18. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 14 , wherein the internal reinforcing strand comprises a single fiber.

19. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 14 , further comprising a plurality of internal reinforcing strands.

20. The tangle-resistant decorative-lighting assembly of claim 19 , wherein each of the internal reinforcing strands comprises a yarn that includes a plurality of fibers.

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