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Granted Patent B2
US 10,260,737 · App. 15/895,444 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Decorative light retaining gutter

Inventor: Michael McGuire (Howell, MI)
F21V33/006E04D13/064F21S4/10F21V23/0435F21V19/0015F21W2121/004
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,260,737
App. No.
15/895,444
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for protecting and retaining a decorative light strand. A gutter has a first channel and a second channel. The second channel is formed at a top edge of a front wall of the first channel. The second channel is inverted relative to the first channel. An outer vertical sidewall of the second channel has a plurality of apertures disposed therein. The second channel is configured to house the strand of a decorative light strand and each aperture is configured to frictionally secure a light bulb of the decorative light strand therein.

Claims (9)

1. A decorative light retaining gutter, comprising:

a first channel, formed by a front wall, a bottom wall, and a back wall;

a second channel, formed by an elongated horizontal shelf that extends forward from a top edge of the front wall, and an outer vertical sidewall that extends downward from the elongated horizontal shelf;

wherein the outer vertical side wall includes a plurality of apertures, wherein each aperture of the plurality of apertures is configured to removably house a light bulb of a string light;

wherein the outer vertical sidewall is shorter than the front wall.

2. The decorative light retaining gutter of claim 1 , wherein the outer vertical sidewall of the second channel extends perpendicularly downward from a forward edge of the elongated horizontal shelf of the second channel.

3. The decorative light retaining gutter of claim 1 , wherein the apertures are spaced equidistantly from each other.

4. The decorative light retaining gutter of claim 1 , wherein the second channel houses a control switch, wherein the control switch is operably connected to the string light.

5. The decorative light retaining gutter of claim 4 , wherein the control switch is in wireless communication with a mobile device.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62458863 · Feb 14, 2017
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