Abstract: Lighted articles of clothing may have lighting in a removal liner. An outer shell may be translucent, transparent, or may have openings which allows the lighting to be visible from outside the article. The removable liner may be easily removable to enable washing of the article or reconfiguration of lighting characteristics including, but not limited to, change of color, pattern, type of lighting source, or quantity of lights.

Abstract: A tool for assisting the removal of a wire from an electrical connector that has a handle portion and a shaft portion. The wire is removed from the connector via a process which involves sliding a first tool over the wire and into a hole within a rear side of the connector, spreading a sleeve within the hole, and inserting the tool of the present invention into the front side of the connector to push the wire out of the rear hole of the connector. First and second embodiments of the tool are provided for assisting in wire removal from female and male connector heads, respectively.