ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,336, issued on July 22.
"String light assembly" was invented by Yonggui Qu (Linhai, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A string light assembly comprises a light strip and multiple light housings. The light strip has multiple illuminating portions and a strip portion. The light housings are arranged at sites of the illuminating portions respectively. Each one of the light housings has two cover units and two limit holes. The cover units detachably engage with each other. Each one of the cover units has a base surface, an installing recess, and an engaging portion. The installing recess is recessed from the base surface, and the inst...