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A device for storing and hanging a continuous string of lights on a tree is provided. The device includes a spool assembly having first and second annular plates spaced apart and connected to a cylinder member. One of the annular plates is adapted to releasably secure an end portion of the string of

A device for storing and hanging a continuous string of lights on a tree is provided. The device includes a spool assembly having first and second annular plates spaced apart and connected to a cylinder member. One of the annular plates is adapted to releasably secure an end portion of the string of lights in a fixed position. An axle structure is removably secured within a bore of the cylinder member. The axle structure has a holding mechanism for releasably securing the axle structure to the cylinder member. A handle is coaxially mounted to the axle structure. An elongated pole is provided which has first and second end portions. The first end portion is removably coaxially secured to the handle. The elongated pole is sized for extending and elevating the spool assembly upwardly in close adjacency with branches of the tree when a user grasps the second end portion of the elongated pole so that the spool assembly can be moved around a perimeter of the tree to enable the string of lights of be progressively strung about the tree to adorn the tree with the string of lights.

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[ I claim:] [2.] A device for storing and hanging a continuous string of lights on a tree, the device comprising:(a) a spool assembly having first and second annular plates spaced apart and connected to a cylinder member, the cylinder member having a bore extending axially therethrough, the spool as

[ I claim:] [2.] A device for storing and hanging a continuous string of lights on a tree, the device comprising:(a) a spool assembly having first and second annular plates spaced apart and connected to a cylinder member, the cylinder member having a bore extending axially therethrough, the spool assembly being sized for storing a coiled continuous string of lights positioned thereon;(b) means attached to one of said annular plates to releasably secure an end portion of the string of lights in fixed position to ensure the string of lights remains in a tightly wound position and to prevent unraveling of the string of lights on the spool assembly when the spool assembly is being stored;(c) an axle structure removably secured within the bore of the cylinder member, the axle structure being adapted for rotation of the spool assembly along a longitudinal axis of the axle structure, the axle structure having holding means for releasably securing the axle structure to the cylinder member;(d) a handle coaxially mounted to the axle structure and outwardly extending therefrom; and(e) an elongated pole having first and second end portions, the first end portion being removably coaxially secured to the handle, the elongated pole being sized for extending and elevating the spool assembly upwardly in close adjacency with branches of the tree when a user grasps the second end portion of the elongated pole so that the spool assembly can be moved around a perimeter of the tree to enable the string of lights of be progressively strung about the tree to adorn the tree with the string of lights.