Patents, page 3

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PATENT NUMBER	DATE FILED/ISSUED	TO WHOM ISSUED	TITLE OF PATENT	BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PATENT	CLICK TO ENLARGE PICTURE
1,905,500	F-08/28/1932 I-04/25/1933	Louis Propp	Decorative Device	This device was marketed for years at the NOMA "Star of Bethlehem". There were several versions, one for each style of Christmas lamp then manufactured.
1,914,150	F-08/30/1928 I-06/13/1933	Bernard F. Muldoon	Christmas Tree Base	A simple device for holding a Christmas tree, this design is more stable that the three or four legged designs popular when this stand was first manufactured.
1,921,614	F-07/03/1931 I-08/08/1933	John Frei, JR	Illuminated Artificial Plant	This is a precursor patent for the Matchless Stars. Elements of this patent were also incorporated in the Glolite tabletop tree.
1,976,964	F-10/03/1931 I-10/16/1934	Louis Propp	Electrical Decorative Illuminating Device	Invented by Louis Propp for the NOMA Electric Company, this is one of several patents by various people for a mantle top or window candelabra.
2,018,836	F-02/15/0935 I-10/29/1935	Elliott Clemence	Electric Lamp Holder	A socket and clip combination invented by Elliott Clemence, the owner of the ClemCo Company, a prolific early Christmas lighting company.
2,025,214	F-02/12/1935 I-12/24/1935	Lembert H. Moulthrop	Electrical Outlet Fixture	Owned by the Raylite Company, this extension cord device was originally intended for Christmas light use.
2,031,409	F-02/23/1935 I-02/18/1936	Raffaele Floravanti	Display Device	An early patent for a bubbling light countertop or wall sign. This device uses the principle that the later Christmas bubble lights would use. The patent was sold to Biolite, Incorporated
2,031,416	F-05/31/1935 I-02/18/1936	Alfonse Kaufman	Display Device	Another early patent for a bubbling display sign, later assigned to Biolite, Incorporated
2,044,192	F-08/27/1934 I-06/16/1936	Justing D. Templin, JR	Tree Holder	A typical cone-shaped tree stand, with provisions for holding a fairly large amount of water.
2,057,078	F-01/28/1936 I-10/13/1936	Abraham Abramson	Christmas Tree Electric Socket and Support-Holder	This patent was immediately sold to The Raylite Trading Company, maker of Paramount Christmas lights. These special sockets with handy clips were used for many years on almost all Paramount lighting sets, and were called the famous "Kliptons."
2,061,824	F-06/09/1933 I-12/24/1936	Kenneth R. Beymer	Luminous Device	An interesting Christmas candle, lit from within by a fluorescent lamp. Apparently, this item was never produced.
2,063,153	F-05/02/1935 I-12/08/1936	Paul C. Dittman	Decorative Lighting Device	The patent is for what would become the highly collectible Double Matchless Star, glass-prismed stars that are incredibly beautiful when lit. Subsequently acquired by The Matchless Electric Company.
2,074,154	F-06/29/1936 I-03/16/1937	Arthur Stechbart	Decorative lighting Device	This patent is for the base that was used with Matchless Stars, and was immediately purchased by The Matchless Electric Company.
2,080,259	F-08/06/1935 I-05/11/1937	John Frei, JR	Light Transmitting Means	This patent was purchased by the NOMA company, who manufactured the illuminated glass candles just before they began manufacturing of bubble lights. Many of these glass candles used base parts that were later used on the bubble lights.
2,092,784	F-03/16/1936 I-09/14/1937	Arthur Stechbart	Decorative Light	This patent, immediately purchased by The Matchless Electric Company, is for what was to become a Matchless Star with a replaceable light bulb.
2,092,785	F-03/16/1936 I-09/14/1937	Arthur Stechbart	Decorative Light Structure	The patent for what was to become the Single Matchless Star with a replaceable lighting source
2,114,194	F-08/06/1936 I-04/12/1938	Henri Sadacca	Lamp	A figural light with a replaceable light source, this unit was made to screw into a standard string of series-wired Christmas lights.
2,125,906	F-04/08/1936 I-08/09/1938	John Frei, JR	Artificial Christmas Tree	This patent, combined with several others including #2,080,259, became the basis of the Glolite tabletop illuminated tree.
2,162,897	F-02/08/1937 I-06/20/1939	Phillip Rosenblatt	Display Device	An early and somewhat complicated bubbling light sign, patented long before the Christmas bubble lights, but operating on the same principle.
2,171,116	F-08/24/1936 I-08/29/1939	Bernard F. Muldoon	Christmas Tree Decoration	A metal tree illuminated from within by a single, standard-based light bulb. The tree has cutouts in various shapes that have colored cellophane covering the openings. When lit, the unit gave the appearance of having lighted ornaments. Sold by NOMA, and called simply "Christmas Tree Lamp".
2,174,446	F-11/27/1935 I-08/26/1939	Carl W. Otis	Display	This patent is for a bubbling countertop display that was patented by Carl Otis, the inventor of the bubble light.
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