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Cover and support for decorative lights

CA 1093522 A · Owner: Golls, John W. · Inventors: Golls, John W.; Griep, Peter

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An inverted substantially U-shaped channel, is secured to the underside of a roof overhang or the like and is provided with clips on the upper side to engage and hold the wires or conductors of a string of decorative lights so as to support the lights in position within the channel. Decorative cutouts are provided at spaced intervals along the vertical sides of the channels and the lights are positioned at the locations of the cutouts. Clips on one end of each channel permits engagement of the other end of the adjacent channel to detachably secure the channels together in a longitudinally extending relationship.

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  • Granted January 13, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 13, 1998.
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FiledFebruary 2, 1978
GrantedJanuary 13, 1981
Term endedJanuary 13, 1998
Patent numberCA 1093522 A
Classification (IPC)F21V21/00 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedFeb 2, 1978Patent grantedJan 13, 1981Term endedJan 13, 1998

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