ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,518, issued on Oct. 14.
"System, device, and method for suspending decorative string lights" was invented by Richard Martini (Glenview, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, device, and method for suspending a decorative light strand, wherein the device embodies a drop suspender having a top support portion providing orthogonal through holes running parallel and perpendicular relative to the wiring of the light strand. Notched along a ceiling of each of the through holes are intersecting tracks, respectively. The ceiling tracks are cutout from the top support portion and thus have a continuous upper bound, except where the pe...