Abstract: A spool assembly for receiving light string, including a winding device and a power transformer. The winding device includes a winding portion, a first flange, and a second flange. The winding portion includes a first end and a second end. The first flange and the second flange respectively extend outwardly from the first end and the second end. The first flange and the second flange respectively define at least one first latching hole and at least two latching holes. The power transformer includes a power conversion circuit and a housing. The power conversion circuit is arranged in the housing, and the power conversion circuit is configured to convert external power into driving power for the light string. The housing further includes at least one protruding portion protruding from the housing and configured to be engaged into one of the first latching hole and the second latching hole.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a Christmas light string storage stand including two substrates, each of which is provided with a slot at centerline with an outlet at one end and a recess at both upper and bottom sides, and four corresponding racks in pair arrangement to assemble two substrates together for orderly placing each light bulb of the Christmas light string onto the racks at both upper and bottom sides of the substrates. When the Christmas light string is to be placed for storage after the first time use, the substrates can be assembled through the outlets of the slots toward each other for constituting a three-dimensional stand with a traverse-section of a cross in order to orderly wind the Christmas light string for storage with adequate ventilation to prevent the Christmas light string from damage due to humidity.

Abstract: An article holder for holding a cylindrical article in a packaging container includes an upper face, a lower face, an inner face on a center side in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical article, and an outer face on an outer side in the longitudinal direction, and at least one first article receiver formed in the upper face of the article holder to support a lower side of the end portion of the cylindrical article. The first article receiver includes a first recess semilunar in vertical cross section, forming, a semilunar opening in the inner face of the article holder as well as a rectangular opening continuous with the semilunar opening in the upper face of the article holder, and a first arc-shaped projection projecting from an inner circumferential surface of the first recess, having a radius smaller than a radius of the first recess.

Abstract: A molded-plastic storage apparatus that holds and identifies light bulbs that can vary by wattage and shape. The light bulb holding apparatus consists of a base and a plurality of custom receivers that interface to the various light bulbs. The base has uniform openings spaced apart in a matrix grid that can accept the receivers.

Abstract: A string of holiday lights and storage device and method that includes a spool made of two coaxially aligned, circular plates spaced apart by at least a transversely aligned first axle. The axle is attached to a handle located outside the circular plate which allows the axle to be manually rotated. Located parallel to the first axle is a second axle located between the circular plates or two lateral extending arms. Disposed between the two axles is a wide, flexible support strap designed to be wound in opposite directions onto each axle. During use, the end of a string of holiday lights is inserted against the inside surface of the support strap. As the strap is wound onto the first axle, the string of lights is also automatically wound into the first axle so that it is held in position against the outer surface of the axle.

Abstract: A light string storage and hanging system includes a support frame, having an upper end a lower end and a suspension hook attached to the upper end of the support frame. A light string spool is rotatably attached to the frame. The support frame may be a vertical support shaft and retainer to be used with an icicle light string spool, or a rectangular support frame for use with a standard light string spool. The light string spools include at least one notch or keeper to secure a light string to the spool. All of the aforementioned components can be stored is a lidded storage box capable of holding a plurality of spools of different types and a spool guard to prevent icicles light strings from tangling.

Abstract: A light strand storage device includes a panel having a first side, a second side and a peripheral edge. The peripheral edge includes a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge wherein the first and second edges are positioned opposite of each other. Each of the third and fourth edges has an indentation therein. The indentations are positioned nearer the first edge than the second edge and are positioned generally opposite of each other. Each of a plurality of securing members is attached to and extends outwardly away from the first and second sides. A light string may be extended around the panel and secured to the panel by the securing members.

Abstract: The present invention is a light string storage device that is used to easily wind and un-wind light strings, such as Christmas lights, and is used for storage of the strands. The device protects the light bulbs and sockets against damage; the electric cord, plug and connector and light bulbs stay in place and untangled; it keeps the cord and bulbs from twisting as they are placed on the device; and the plug and connectors are easily attainable for testing the lights prior to strand placement. The invention also includes a turntable with retaining means to easily attach and remove the storage device to the turntable. The lightweight turntable can either sit on the ground or table during use and allows the person to turn the storage device easily during installing or removing of the light strands.

Abstract: This disclosure describes an electric light strand mounting device for simplifying the installation and removal of light strands from, for example, a holiday tree. The device consists of a light strand receiver and an associated base that rests on a floor or horizontal surface. Indents are provided on the receiver for preventing downward slippage of mounted strands. The receiver is rotatable around a vertical axis; and simultaneously, the base is moveable in any horizontal direction. Both movements are provided in one version, by a unitary base-receiver structure resting on base castors. In another version the receiver is rotatable with respect to a slidable base; but receiver and base are permanently attached to one another. In a third, version, a slidable base and its receiver are mutually rotatable, but are readily detachable from each other by a simple lifting motion. In all versions light strands are installed by feeding one strand at a time onto the receiver as it is rotated.

Abstract: A device for retaining a string of Christmas lights is made from a planar panel of a suitable material such as wood, plastic, or metal. The panel has a central body with parallel opposing sides around which the wire of a stringer of lights is wrapped. Extensions at the ends of the parallel sides retain the wire from falling off the central body during storage. The device includes a handle and a recess in the handle large enough to receive a portion of an electrical connector and openings at the bottom of the recess to permit the prongs of a male electrical connector to extend therethrough and engage the slots of a female connector to thereby retain the connectors at the end of a stringer of lights to each other.

Abstract: Described is a reel that comprises a single side element that, when attached to a second identical side element, forms a complete reel structure. The side element comprises a ring. The preferably form of the ring comprises an inner ring attached to an outer ring by at least two, preferably eight spanning supports. There is an inner perimeter of the ring that has at least two, preferably four attachment apertures located nearby. There is a handle attached to the ring by two legs to an inner perimeter of the ring. The handle has a top side and a bottom side. Located in the center of the handle is an aperture that, when a rigid objected is inserted into the aperture, allows easy and convenient rotation of the reel thereby facilitating easy wrapping and unwrapping of the linear object.

Abstract: A holiday light storage system, for storing holiday light strings having a main cord and a plurality of dangling strands spaced along and extending from the main cord, using a storage device having a base, a hub extending upward from the base, and a plurality of spokes extending radially from the hub. The main cord is wrapped around the hub above the spokes, the main cord is supported by the spokes, and the dangling strands hang perpendicularly downward from the main cord. Accordingly, the holiday lights are maintained in a substantially tangle-free condition. The base preferably allows the hub to rotate to facilitate wrapping the light strings around the hub, and removal of the light strings from the hub.

Abstract: A holiday light strand organizer that is amenable to the winding and storage of holiday light strands, extension cords, and like articles, after such are first used, in the configuration of a drawer unit comprising a carrier portion having a frame structure about which the article is wound, and a storage case portion in which the carrier portion is inserted for storage. A frame with a wide cross section is provided, so that conducting strands are not excessively flexed or creased when wound for storage. A holder for the plug or socket portion of a holiday light strand or like article is a separate position from the strand, so that the ends of the strand do not become tangled and may be easily located for the testing of the strand. The carrier has special provision in the form of a clip to accept the plug or socket portion of the holiday light strand so that it does not become tangled, and can be found for testing of the light strand.

Abstract: A cord wrap with integrally molded light holders and mold and method of making same is disclosed. The light holders are molded in cavities connected by runners. The runners are shaped and positioned to form a cord wrap. After the light holders are broken away from the runners, the runner can be used as a cord wrap to store strings of decorative lights such as those which were held by the light holders.

Abstract: An electric plug carrier and light string packing arrangement including a light string packing holding a light string having an electric plug, and an electric plug carrier mounted in the light string packing. The electric plug carrier includes a base plate positioned in the light string packing, a slide holding the electric plug of the light string on the base plate, and a button connected to the slide and driven to move the slide on the base plate between a first position where the electric plug of the light string is received inside the light string packing, and a second position where the electric plug of the light string is extended out of an opening at the light string packing for making a test.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a package for Ornamental light bulbs, particularly having one upper board and a lower board parallel to the upper board provided therein. The package is square or rectangular-shaped with three sidewalls with an open grid and one open side. Wherein the upper board defines a series of grooves and the lower board defines a series of grooves corresponding to the grooves of the upper board. The bulbs may be arranged in the groove of the upper board, and the bulb holders are arranged in the groove of the lower board. The spaces under the lower board are positioned to receive the wires and strings of the bulbs.

Abstract: A combined holder for displaying and packaging a decorative midget lamp assembly, which can be satisfied with beauty of concentrative random twinkling and flickering of the plurality of light sources displacing toward left and right generating from on-off controlling operation of the light sources, the holder can effectively use a cover portion formed in the package condition where the portion of the power cable occupying approximately 80% of space in the overall decorative midget lamp assembly is hidden, as a space for displaying a fantastic picture, and the holder can also ornament it on a tree or other structures after taking out it from the holder as usual.

Abstract: An electric apparatus packing bag which holds an electric apparatus, allowing the electric apparatus to be electrically tested when maintained intact with the packing bag. The packing bag has a through hole at one side panel thereof through which the electric wire of the electric apparatus extends to the outside of the packing bag, and a pocket-like cover panel, which shields the through hole and, has a retaining portion, which holds the test terminal of the electric wire of the electric apparatus in place.

Abstract: A device for storing and hanging a continuous string of lights on a tree is provided. The device includes a spool assembly having first and second annular plates spaced apart and connected to a cylinder member. One of the annular plates is adapted to releasably secure an end portion of the string of lights in a fixed position. An axle structure is removably secured within a bore of the cylinder member. The axle structure has a holding mechanism for releasably securing the axle structure to the cylinder member. A handle is coaxially mounted to the axle structure. An elongated pole is provided which has first and second end portions. The first end portion is removably coaxially secured to the handle.

Abstract: A storage receptacle especially useful for containing Christmas lighting and accessories has at least one cordage member for supporting and securing strands of Christmas lights. The cordage member has a handle with opposite terminal ends. Opposing walls of the receptacle have top edges with spaced slots formed therein. The terminal ends of the handle are bent obliquely relative to the longitudinal axis of the cordage member so that the slots can receive the ends when the cordage member is positioned within the receptacle. The cordage member is reversible and interchangeable. The receptacle has a lock for securing a top so that the contents of the receptacle may be safely stowed away.

Abstract: A carrier includes a base and handles on each end of that base with the handles being coaxial with the central axis of the base so that long, flexible elements, such as Christmas lights, that are to be stored on the carrier can be easily wound onto the carrier as well as unwound from that carrier. A plurality of arms are included and cavities are located near the central axis for releasably accommodating electric plugs associated with the flexible elements. One embodiment of the carrier has the handles fixed to a base, and a second embodiment has a swivel connection between the base and the handles. Hook-receiving holes are defined in the handles on the central axis whereby the carrier can be pendently supported for storage.

Abstract: An installation and storage system for decorative light strings which includes a plurality of track channels for holding successive segments of the light string, such track channels being supportable by snap attachment to pre-positioned snap fasteners, either on a building or in the yard surrounds. A storage rack having opposite end frames and central support is then constructed to receive successive light track channels in snap-fit for carriage and storage.

Abstract: A storage device with support carrier for use with electrical cords of the type having electrical sockets, receptacles, lights and the like spaced along the electrical cord and method of using the storage device with support carrier to easily and conveniently store several such electrical cords. The new and novel storage device with support carrier is generally cylindrical in shape with at least one axle removably disposed through the storage device and removably engaged by the support carrier. One or several electrical cords with spaced apart objects thereon can be wrapped onto or unwrapped from the new and novel storage device with support carrier by a single user by simply rotating the storage device around the at least one axle. The new and novel storage device with support carrier provides a convenient, stable, protective, device for storing electrical cords with spaced apart objects thereon.

Abstract: A holder for a string of electric lights which includes a flat mounting plate on at least one side of which is provided first and second sets of mounting elements for mounting a series of lamps and lamp sockets of said string of electric lights in first and second rows at opposite ends of the mounting plate. Third and fourth sets of mounting elements may be provided on the opposite side of the plate. Each of the sets of mounting elements includes a row of uniformly spaced tabs between which are provided a row of uniformly spaced slots and a row of projecting pairs of elements providing another row of uniformly spaced slots therebetween.

Abstract: A storage device for storing Christmas lights assembled from a vertical core section, a pair of horizontal end sections, and a sheath. The device is constructed from corrugated cardboard. Each opposing end of each of the four sides of the core section includes both a foldable flap and a slot, which is formed adjacent the fold line of the flap. The horizontal end sections, located at either opposing core section end, each include a centrally disposed opening defined by four inward sides. Each inward side has a width substantially equal to the core section sides and includes an inwardly extending tab. When the core section is inserted into the centrally disposed opening, the tabs are received by the slots to secure the core section and end section together. Each end section also includes four locking regions, each locking region having a first folding element and a second folding element.

Abstract: An improved packing construction for a series of light bulbs, mainly comprising packing frames capable of accommodating long series of light bulbs on the side ends of which frames are provided crossly symmetrical male and female dovetail slots and some equidistantly separated trapezoidal tabs among which are seated the bases of long series of light bulbs. This construction further comprises connecting members which lock the bases of two adjacent light bulbs individually mounting on two mutually stacked packing frames to prevent bulbs from clash and keep the two stacked packing frames firm. When an exhibition is desired, the stacked frames can be converted into a plane frame assembly by means of the engagement of the male and the female dovetail slots of a packing frame with those of the other. It indeed is a practical useful packing construction.

Abstract: A packaging system compactly packages a string of lights for retail sale and for storage after use. The packaging system includes a tray and a container. The tray has support members for supporting the lights and a connecting member for connecting the support members together and for supporting the wire between the lights. The support members have holding clips for securing the lights thereto. Lights are secured to both sides of the support members. The wire connecting the lights together is wound around the connecting member, which is shorter than the support member so as to accommodate the wound wire. The connecting member also has retaining arms for retaining the plug to the tray. The tray and light string are disposed inside of the container. The container has a transparent box so as to allow viewing of at least a portion of the lights therein. A sliding back panel allows the back of the box to be opened, wherein the plug can be removed and the lights tested.

Abstract: Assembly type packing device for decoration light strings comprises clamp structures for holding the lamp(s) or light(s), rack structures for supporting clamped lights; and linkage structures for linking together the rack structures into a package form. Optionally a base structure is provided to help maintain the racks erect so that a compact and orderly package for decoration light strings is achieved to facilitate storage, shipment and/or display.

Abstract: A Christmas light organizer provides a frame for the handling and storage of a string of Christmas lights. A generally rectangular, planar frame includes two opposing sides having a series of tooth-like projections extending outwardly from the frame which are longitudinally bevelled, having an inner gap between projections at their base which is less than a least thickness of the electric cord and an outer gap at their ends which is greater than the greatest thickness of the electric cord, thereby allowing a Christmas light cord to be inserted and guided between the converging faces of adjacent projections until the cord is securely gripped therebetween. The other two, non-toothed, sides may have one or more sets of divergent, slanted notches intruding from the inner side of the frame and formed so as to hold, at the plug, an end of the electric cord. A handle may extend outwardly from one of the non-toothed sides. Cross braces may be added across the inside of the frame for both strength and safety.

Abstract: A light string carrier includes a lattice for holding a light string wrapped thereabout and a handle integral with the lattice. A carrier cover having two hinged members is provided to overfit the lattice with the handle protruding from the cover. Hinges on the cover members provide for removability of the cover from the lattice.

Abstract: A series of lights are mounted in side-by-side relation on a plastic support module. A second module is partially positioned in overlapping relation with the first module and a pair of holes on the second module are positioned onto the upper ends of a pair of posts on the first module, with the electrical wires of the lights on the first module being clamped between the overlapping module areas.

Abstract: The box according to the invention has a panel (12) provided with folding lines (15, 16). The panel (12) is joined along a line (17) to a base portion (1) of the box and along another line (18) to an upright wall (2) of the box. In the collapsed state, the panel (12) bears on the base portion (1) and the upright wall (2) and the box is flat. In the put up state, the panel (12) extends for the major part at a certain distance from the base portion (1) and said wall (2) in order to form a buffer.

Abstract: A folding carton, having an integral, external cushioning structure including a pair of offset end wall panels, adapted to hold and cushion a packaged article.

Abstract: A package assembly includes a pallet, an outer shell supported on the pallet, and a plurality of inner cells disposed within the outer shell. A plurality of package elements are utilized to separate and support a stack of video glass funnel parts within each inner cell. The upper pyramidal surface of a package element has step means formed therein for receiving and supporting the edge of a larger end of a glass funnel part, while a lower surface of the pyramidal element is configured to receive and mate with upper surfaces of the contoured sides of a glass funnel part. Stiffening support posts may be disposed in the corners of the inner cells. A cover has a top panel and downwardly depending side walls which extend around the upper edges of the sides of the outer shell.

Abstract: An apparatus for extemporaneously mixing two substances and dispensing the resulting mixture is disclosed, wherein the container for the solvent and the container for the substance to be dissolved are sealingly and removably retained in superimposed position by a sleeve provided with and axially-extending, substantially cylindrical transfer spout the outwardly projecting end whereof is shaped as a piercing tip and having therein two parallel, adjacent passages. The opposite outlets of one passage are offset to the corresponding outlets of the adjacent passage.

Abstract: A packing device comprising a protective panel, a base member and a fastener element made of insulative material for decorative light string sets of various sizes and different numbers of lights. The fastener elements having a plurality of claws, the number of which is identical to the number of bulbs to be held and the claws hold sockets of the bulbs firmly so that a packed decorative light string set is secured and held uniformly. The packing operation is therefore fast and simply.

Abstract: A package and a method of safely packaging rigid containers, such as glass bottles, in a carton without using inner partitions to separate the containers. The containers are placed on a bottom wall of a corrugated or similar paperboard carton blank so as to occupy substantially fully the area thereof. The vertical wall portions of the blank are then brought to bear snugly against said containers and to squeeze the containers against each other. Then sufficient force is applied against the package walls so that they are indented by the containers that bear against them. Top wall portions of the carbon blank are then brought to a horizontal position and are pressed down on the containers until both the top wall portions and the bottom wall are indented by the containers, and the walls are then secured together.

Abstract: Packaging structure for an assembly of items which are strung on a wire or cord, such as a stringer light assembly which includes a plurality of lamps connected at spaced points to conductors and a support and guard device for each lamp. The packaging structure includes a container having a base and folding portions connected thereto adapted to form sides and a top for the container. A liner is positioned on the base which has a wall of decagonal shape which serves as a form around which the conductors can be wrapped or wound. A slot is provided in each side of the wall for allowing the conductors to pass therethrough so that the lamps and the associated support and guard devices can be positioned on the base within the wall. A plurality of the walls have extensions or projections at the edges thereof which serve to retain the conductors therebetween.