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The disclosure relates to lighting assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new lighting assembly for illuminating a plurality of trees.
The prior art relates to lighting assemblies. Prior art outdoor lighting assemblies may comprise multiple electric plugs and outlets, an internal rechargeable battery, a solar panel, and a string of lights.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a box, which define an interior space. A battery, which is rechargeable, is positioned in the interior space. A solar panel is engaged to a top of the box and is operationally engaged to the battery. The solar panel is configured to charge the battery. A plurality of sockets is engaged to the box and is operationally engaged to the battery. Each of a plurality of strings of lights comprises a plug. The plug is selectively insertable into a respective socket to power the string of lights. The string of lights is configured to illuminate an area proximate thereto.
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
As best illustrated in
A plurality of sockets 28 is engaged to the box 12 and is operationally engaged to the battery 16. The plurality of sockets 28 comprises from two to ten sockets 28. The plurality of sockets 28 may comprises six sockets 28, with the sockets 28 being positioned two apiece on a front 30 and the back 22 of the box 12 and singly on opposed sides 32 of the box 12, as shown in
Each of a plurality of strings of lights 34 comprises a plug 36. The plug 36 is selectively insertable into a respective socket 28 to power the string of lights 34. The string of lights 34 is configured to illuminate an area proximate thereto.
A fastener 38 is engaged to the back 22 of the box 12 and is configured to fasten the box 12 to a substrate. The fastener 38 may comprise a ratchet strap 40, or other fastening means, such as, but not limited to, bungie cords, hook and loop connectors, and the like. The ratchet strap 40 is configured to be positioned around a vertical element, such as a tree, a post, and the like, and to be ratcheted to fasten the box 12 to the vertical element.
A power inverter 42 is engaged to the box 12 and is positioned in the interior space 14. The power inverter 42 is operationally engaged to the battery 16 and the plurality of sockets 28. The power inverter 42 is positioned to convert direct current from the battery 16 to alternating current to supply alternating current to plurality of strings of lights 34 via the sockets 28.
In use, the box 12 is positioned proximate to a plurality of trees that a user would like to illuminate. The strings of lights 34 are attached to the trees and the plug 36 of each string of lights 34 is engaged to a respective socket 28 to supply power to the string of lights 34. The solar panel 18 converts sunlight to an electrical current to charge the battery 16.
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 elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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