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The disclosure and prior art relates to illumination devices and more particularly pertains to a new illumination device for illuminating the top of a Christmas tree.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tube that is comprised of a flexible material. The tube has a green color for concealing the tube in a Christmas tree. A light emitter is coupled to the tube to emit light outwardly from the tube for illuminating an ornament that is positioned on the top of the Christmas tree. A power cord is coupled to and extends away from the tube. The power cord has a green color for concealing the power cord in the Christmas tree. A clamp is coupled to the power cord. The clamp is biased into a closed position to engage the Christmas tree for retaining the tube at a selected position in the Christmas tree.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A light emitter 22 is coupled to the tube 12 to emit light outwardly from the tube 12 for illuminating an ornament that is positioned on the top 20 of the Christmas tree 14. The light emitter 22 is positioned on the first end 16 of the tube 12. Thus, the tube 12 can be bent or shaped in whatever means is necessary to direct the light emitter 22 toward the top 20 of the Christmas tree 14. The light emitter 22 may comprise an LED or other electronic light emitter 22.
A power cord 24 is coupled to and extends away from the tube 12. Additionally, the power cord 24 has a green color such that the power cord 24 can be concealed in the Christmas tree 14. The power cord 24 is electrically coupled to the light emitter 22 and the power cord 24 has a distal end 26 with respect to the second end 18 of the tube 12. The distal end 26 has a male electrical plug 28 electrically coupled thereto. The male electrical plug 28 can be plugged into a female electrical outlet 30, such as an extension cord or an outlet on a string of Christmas lights.
A clamp 32 is coupled to the power cord 24 and the clamp 32 is biased into a closed position for engaging the Christmas tree 14. In this way the clamp 32 can retain the tube 12 at a selected position in the Christmas tree 14. The clamp 32 is positioned adjacent to the second end 18 of the tube 12. The clamp 32 comprises a first member 34 that is pivotally coupled to a second member 36. The first 34 and second 36 members are biased toward each other for engaging the Christmas tree 14.
In use, the tube 12 is positioned at a selected spot in the Christmas tree 14 and the clamp 32 is manipulated to engage the Christmas tree 14. The tube 12 is bent or shaped to direct the light emitter 22 toward the top 20 end of the Christmas tree 14. In this way an ornament that is positioned on top 20 of the Christmas tree 14 can be illuminated from within the Christmas tree 14. The male electrical plug 28 on the power cord 24 is plugged into the female electrical outlet 30 to turn the light emitter 22 on. Additionally, the green coloring of the tube 12 and the power cord 24 facilitates the tube 12 and the power cord 24 to be concealed in the Christmas tree 14.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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