Today’s Patent – Light Stake

The said invention (US11879619B2) was invented by Stacy L. Kennedy, patented by USPTO on 29-11-2021. Currently, it stands assigned to Canny Systems LLC

The present invention relates generally to a light stake, and, more specifically, to a stake for holding lights of decorative light strings.  Installing the lights of decorative light strings is a potentially cumbersome and tedious aspect in achieving a straight and/or secure light arrangement. There is a need for a device and method that will for example, hold lights in a straight and secure manner.

A light stake for holding a light bulb includes a spike with a body extending along a spike axis between a top end and an insertion end, a connecting base at the top end of the body, and a socket having a socket axis. The socket has a socket base, a plurality of fingers, and a strengthening fillet. The socket base is perpendicular to the socket axis and with a solid-material periphery extending on all sides of the socket axis. The fingers extend from the socket base along the socket axis, with each finger extending between a fixed end near the socket base and a movable end. The strengthening fillet is at the intersection between the fixed end of each finger and the socket base, and increases the local thickness of each fixed end and of the socket base for increased rigidity of the fixed end.