ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,438, issued on Oct. 7.

"Lightable ornament decoration" was invented by Donald McMall (Roscommon, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lightable ornament decorations consisting of a clear containment vessel, a string of light emitting diodes of a size to insert into the vessel, and a transformer that allows one to attach the string of light emitting diodes to AC current. A 120-volt, light emitting diode alternating current, lightable ornament."

The patent was filed on Feb. 26, 2024, under Application No. 18/587,018.

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