Salvatore M Puleo, Age 526 Columbine Pl, Concord, NH 03303

2002009, Jul 18, 2002

Oct 15, 2001

09/978217

Salvatore Puleo - Watchung NJ, US

F21V007/04

362/568000, 362/567000, 362/122000, 362/123000

A Christmas tree stand has a base for supporting the stand above a ground level and a shell having a lateral surface. The shell is disposed atop the base so as to define an inner volume and the shell houses electrical components within the inner volume. The shell has a plurality of holes disposed on a top portion of the lateral surface that provide ventilation between the inner volume and an outside environment. Further, the shell has a flange overhanging the top portion of the lateral surface so as to shield the holes. A base may also be provided for the Christmas tree stand including an elevated surface and a support structure for supporting the elevated surface above the ground level. Finally, the elevated surface may define one surface of the inner volume.

2002013, Sep 26, 2002

Oct 15, 2001

09/978238

Salvatore Puleo - Watchung NJ, US
Michael McRae - Spring Lake MI, US

H05B037/00

315/18500R, 315/18500S

A synchronized lighting system is disclosed having a plurality of light strings. Individually, the light strings have groups of light bulbs, e.g. color groups, coupled to a power source that is driven by a sequencer that independently controls the power sequencing for the different light groups. The light strings have a configurable connector coupled to both the sequencer and the power source for controlling the routing of power control signals issued by the sequencer to the power source. The connector is capable of being coupled to the configurable connectors of other light stings with interconnecting wiring such that the power control signals from one light string sequencer may be distributed to the other connected and properly configured light strings. The connector is configurable in one of several modes: a stand-alone mode where the sequencer issues power control signals for its own power source, a master mode that extends the standalone functionality to include the transmission of the power control signals from the sequencer over wiring coupled to the master connector, and a slave mode in which the connector routes power control signals from coupled wiring to the power source. In one embodiment, the synchronized system is obtained when one connector within the plurality of interconnected light strings is configured as a master and other connectors are configured as slaves thereby allowing one sequencer to synchronously control the power sequencing of both its own groups of lights and those of the other light strings.

2004007, Apr 15, 2004

Oct 11, 2002

10/269821

Salvatore Puleo - Watchung NJ, US
Joseph Puleo - Watchung NJ, US

National Tree Company - Cranford NJ

G02B006/04

362/564000, 362/568000, 362/565000, 362/554000, 362/556000

A decorative light assembly comprises a plurality of optical fibers formed into a bundle having a length greater than one inch, the bundle having a first end for receiving light, and a second end that is fused for providing the received light as decorative illumination. The decorative light assembly is for use on, e.g., Christmas trees, windows, doors, etc.

2004017, Sep 2, 2004

Nov 17, 2003

10/714765

Salvatore Puleo - Watchung NJ, US

A41G001/00

362/568000

A Christmas tree stand has a base for supporting the stand above a ground level and a shell having a lateral surface. The shell is disposed atop the base so as to define an inner volume and the shell houses electrical components within the inner volume. The shell has a plurality of holes disposed on a top portion of the lateral surface that provide ventilation between the inner volume and an outside environment. Further, the shell has a flange overhanging the top portion of the lateral surface so as to shield the holes. A base may also be provided for the Christmas tree stand including an elevated surface and a support structure for supporting the elevated surface above the ground level. Finally, the elevated surface may define one surface of the inner volume.

4291075, Sep 22, 1981

Oct 29, 1979

6/089562

Salvatore J. Puleo - Elizabeth NJ

A47G 3306

428 8

A bracket for supporting a plurality of artificial tree branches, such as those used to form artificial Christmas trees, from a tree trunk in an angular relation simulative of the natural relationship between a tree trunk and tree branches. The bracket member includes a collar mounted on the tree trunk and a plurality of radially extending, circumferentially spaced arms unitary therewith with each of the arms defining an upwardly opening channel having parallel side walls and an upwardly and outwardly inclined bottom wall for receiving the inner twisted wire end of an artificial Christmas tree branch. One side wall of each arm is provided with a vertical slot therein and the opposite side wall is provided with a lateral projection defining a socket communicating with an opening in the opposite side wall to enable the laterally extending end of the twisted wire end of a Christmas tree branch to be assembled and disassembled with respect to the arm by inserting the offset end into the socket while passing the major portion of the tree branch end through the slot with the tree branch then being pivotally connected to the arm with the inclined bottom of the channel forming a downward limit for the downward swinging movement of the tree branch thereby orienting it in a desired angular relation to the tree trunk and permitting free upward swinging movement of the branches toward a position alongside of the tree trunk.