Christmas lights holder

Abstract

A bracket for supporting decorative lights from, for instance, a rain gutter of a building having a member that extends under a gutter support such as a gutter nail or gutter nail with a sleeve around it, the bracket member having extensions that extend away from the nail and then rise to the top of the gutter, extend over it and down a short distance where these extensions extend toward one another and then away from one another after approaching to a distance that approximates the diameter of the socket for the bulb. The extensions moving away from one another are in the form of spirals to hold the wires extending from the socket. The downward part of the extension may be angled inwardly to maintain contact with an inwardly sloping outer surface of the gutter. In a configuration for carrying the wires of the string around a corner, the member that normally extends under the gutter support is raised to a generally horizontal plane and configured to contact the inner surfaces of the walls defining the gutter on the two sides of the angle. Otherwise, the structures are similar except that no provision for the socket of the bulb may be required.

1 . A bracket for supporting decorative lights on a rain gutter secured to a building or similar structure by a support usually including nail and/or a nail covered by a sleeve, the bracket comprising 
 a member extending under, partially around and adapted to contact the support,    arms extending outwardly in opposite directions from said member longitudinally of the gutter for a predetermined distance,    said arms terminating in generally horizontal members that extend over the top of the gutter,    said horizontal members having downwardly extending members,    said downwardly extending members terminate in right angle members directed toward one another for a distance such as to leave a gap slightly larger than the socket for a bulb to be supported by the bracket,    said right angle members terminate in generally spiral shaped members directed away from one another.    
     
     
         2 . A bracket according to  claim 1  further comprising 
 an open loop defining said member extending under the support.  
 
     
     
         3 . A bracket according to  claim 2  wherein 
 said loop terminates with said arms spaced apart by less than the width of said support.  
 
     
     
         4 . A bracket according to  claim 1  wherein 
 said downwardly extending members are angled inwardly to contact an inwardly angled surface of the gutter.  
 
     
     
         5 . A bracket for supporting wires extending from the socket for a light bulb or other source of illumination, wherein the socket and light bulb are to be supported on a gutter of a building or other structure having rain gutters or other front facing channeled member including means for supporting said member and extending a distance along a surface of the structure, said bracket comprising, 
 means for securely supporting said bracket in said channel member,    said means having first members extending over a front top surface of the channeled member,    said first members having downwardly extending members for a relatively short distance,    said downwardly extending members terminating in right angle members directed toward one another for a distance such as to leave a gap slightly larger than the socket for a bulb to be supported by the bracket,    said right angle members terminating in generally spiral shaped members directed away from one another.    
     
     
         6 . A bracket according to  claim 5  wherein 
 said means for supporting said bracket includes a loop firmly contacting said channeled member.  
 
     
     
         7 . A bracket according to  claim 5  wherein 
 said means for supporting said channeled members includes a loop pressed firmly against the channel member.  
 
     
     
         8 . A bracket according to  claim 7  wherein 
 said loop passes under and contacts a channel member.  
 
     
     
         9 . A bracket according to  claim 5  wherein 
 said loop contacts inner surfaces of said channel member.  
 
     
     
         10 . A bracket according to  claim 9  wherein the channel member has an angle, 
 said bracket having angled members having an angle between them at the same angle as that between the channel members disposed at an angle to one another.  
 
     
     
         11 . A bracket for hanging decorative lights on a rain gutter secured to a building or similar structure by a support usually including nail and/or a nail covered by a sleeve, the bracket comprising 
 a member extending under, partially around and adapted to contact the support,    arms extending from said member and having extensions directed over the top of the gutter,    said horizontal members having downwardly extending members,    said downwardly extending members terminating in generally spiral shaped members directed away from one another.    
     
     
         12 . A bracket according to  claim 11  wherein 
 said extensions extend at right angles to one another.  
 
     
     
         13 . A bracket according to  claim 12  further comprising generally horizontal members lying at right angles to one another, lying between said extensions and contacting inner surfaces of said gutter lying at an angle to one another.