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US 8,752,877 · App. 13/211,544 · Granted Jun 17, 2014

Method and apparatus for installing decorative lights

Inventors: Daniel Spindler (Newhall, CA); Joan Marie Schlesinger (Canyon Country, CA)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,752,877
App. No.
13/211,544
Granted
Jun 17, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tool for installing decorative lights may include a hook-placement head configured for attachment to a pole, and a string-placement head configured for attachment to the pole. The tool may be employed to decorate a structure with a string of decorative lights by placing an adhesive-backed hook onto a pole-mounted hook-placement head, raising the hook-placement head to position the hook at a desired location on the structure, placing a portion of the string onto a pole-mounted string-placement head; and raising the string-placement head to the positioned hook to engage the string with the hook.

Claims (21)

1. A tool for installing a string of decorative lights comprising:

a pole;

an end-piece removably attached to the pole via a pin connection or a threaded connection;

a hook-placement head configured for removable attachment to the pole via the end-piece, wherein the hook-placement comprises a base with a pocket and a slot configured for retention of a hook within the pocket; and

a string-placement head configured for removable attachment to the pole via the end-piece, wherein the string-placement head is configured to lift the string of decorative lights to be supported on a plurality of the hooks.

2. The tool of claim 1 wherein angular orientation of the hook-placement head is adjustable relative to an axis of the pole.

3. The tool of claim 1 wherein angular orientation of the string-placement head is adjustable relative to an axis of the pole.

4. The tool of claim 1 wherein the pocket is provided with magnets positioned for retention of the hook within the pocket.

5. The tool of claim 1 wherein the hook-placement head comprises a removable guide member.

6. The tool of claim 5 wherein the removable guide member comprises a hook-removal slot.

7. The tool of claim 1 wherein the string-placement head comprises a wand with a hook at one of its ends.

8. The tool of claim 7 wherein the wand comprises:

a stem with a length of about 7 inches to about 8 inches;

a first transition piece connected to the stem at an angle of about 150° to about 160°;

a second transition piece connected to the first transition piece an angle of about 120° to about 130°;

a curved connection having a radius of about 1 inch to about 1.5 inch interposed between the second transition piece and the hook.

9. The tool of claim 1 wherein the string-placement head comprises a base having a notch therein configured for retention of a plug of the string.

10. A kit for installing a string of decorative lights comprising:

a plurality of adhesive-backed hooks;

a hook-placement head configured for removable attachment to a pole wherein the hook-placement comprises a base with a pocket and a slot configured for retention of one of the adhesive-backed hooks within the pocket; and

a string-placement head configured for removable attachment to the pole, wherein the string-placement head is configured to lift the string of decorative lights to be supported on the adhesive-backed hooks.

Continuity (1)
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