ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,205, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Foot Candle LLC (Toano, Va.).

"Water-resistant enclosure for light string lamps" was invented by Jason Loomis (Decatur, Ga.), Nash Rittmann (Odessa, Fla.) and Yi Xin Long (Jiangmen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water-resistant enclosure having a base module, a cap module connected to the base module to define a cavity configured to receive a light emitting device, and apertures formed in at least one of the base module and cap module for wires to pass through. The base module may be deformed when affixed to the cap module, or a sealing agent may be disposed in the cavity, such that th...