IP Library Granted Patent US 10,962,219
Granted Patent B2
US 10,962,219 · App. 16/532,128 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Repellant string light

Inventors: Michael Sawalski (Racine, WI); Jessica Lindquist (Hartland, WI); Jason Tilk (Cleveland, OH); Jim Szpak (Cleveland, OH); Michael Bilinski (Cleveland, OH); Gary Stephan (Cleveland, OH)
Assignee: LAMPLIGHT FARMS INCORPORATED
F21V33/0092A01N25/18F21S4/10F21V23/001F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 10,962,219
App. No.
16/532,128
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

At least one light socket is electrically connected to a power cord and at least one heated repellant dispersal unit is electrically connected to the power cord and increases an evaporation rate of a repellant drawn by a wick from a fluid pod affixed to the heated repellant dispersal unit.

Claims (34)

1. A system comprising:

a power cord;

at least one light socket electrically connected to the power cord; and

at least one heated repellant dispersal unit electrically connected to the power cord that increases an evaporation rate of a repellant drawn by a wick from a fluid pod affixed to the heated repellant dispersal unit; and

a fluid level indicator float inside the fluid pod and visible from below the of the pod when the power cord is strung across a space above an area where the repellant is dispersed from the heated repellant dispersal unit;

wherein a dispersal of the repellant provides a repellant zone from the at least one repellant dispersion unit to a ground level below the at least one repellant dispersion unit.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one light socket and the at least one heated repellant dispersal unit are spaced apart from the power cord by a transverse power cord segment.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein a first junction of the power cord and the at least one light socket and a second junction of the power cord and the at least one heated repellant dispersal unit are protected by a first and second insulative junction body respectively.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the first and second insulative junction bodies define a hang loop.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the repellant comprises liquid repellant.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the fluid pod is at least translucent.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fluid level indicator float comprises a toroidal ring.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fluid level indicator float comprises a plurality of beads.

9. A system comprising:

a power cord having a plug for an outlet;

a plurality of light receptacles supplying power provided by the power cord to a light bulb fitted to an associated light socket;

a plurality of repellant dispersion ports supplying power provided by the power cord to a resistive heating element in proximity to a repellant contained in a fluid pod, the repellant delivered from the bulb for evaporation by the resistive heating element by a wick placed into the repellant in the fluid pod;

wherein each of the plurality of light receptacles is spaced apart from the power cord by a respective first transverse power cord joined to the power cord by a respective junction body in which the power cord and the respective first transverse power cords are electrically interconnected; and

wherein a dispersal of the repellant provides a repellant zone from each repellant dispersion port to a ground level below the respective repellant dispersion port.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of light receptacles is spaced apart from the power cord by a respective first transverse power cord.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of light receptacles is spaced apart from the power cord by a respective second transverse power cord.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein each of the respective first transverse power cords and each of the respective second transverse power cords are spaced from one another along the power cord.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of light receptacles does not disperse repellants.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of repellant dispersion ports does not provide visible light.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the plurality of repellant dispersion port provides a selectively closeable cover on the associated fluid pod.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the fluid pod contains one or more floats visible outside the fluid pod and indicating a level of the repellant contained in the fluid pod.

17. A method comprising:

providing a common power cord to a plurality of light sockets containing light bulbs and spaced apart along the power cord;

providing a plurality of heated repellant dispersion ports along the power cord interspersed with the plurality of light sockets on the power cord;

stringing the common power cord across an area from four to twelve feet above ground level; and

applying electrical power from an outlet to the power cord to provide illumination from the plurality of light sockets and dispersal of a repellant from the heated repellant dispersion ports;

wherein the dispersal of the repellant provides a repellant zone from each repellant dispersion port to the ground level below the respective repellant dispersion port.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising providing a transverse power cord for each of the plurality of light sockets spacing the light sockets apart from the power cord.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising supplying each of the plurality of heated repellant dispersion ports with a float situated in an associated fluid pod containing a repellant that indicates the amount of repellant remaining in the fluid pod.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2019
From: SAWALSKI, MICHAEL; LINDQUIST, JESSICA; TILK, JASON; SZPAK, JIM; BILINSKI, MICHAEL; STEPHAN, GARY
To: LAMPLIGHT FARMS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 051084/0056 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62714347 · Aug 3, 2018
Related Publication 20200041118A1 · Feb 6, 2020
Cited By (1)
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