Method and apparatus for illumination of drilling rigs and surrounding locations
AssigneeLocation Illuminator Technologies, LLC
InventorCharles Allen Carroll
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Abstract
A lighting assembly can be quickly and efficiently mounted to a crown of a drilling rig derrick in order to provide wide-area illumination of the derrick and surrounding work location. An adjustable support frame member can be operationally attached to a hand rail of a derrick crown using fixed-length bracket members, adjustable-length bracket members and/or a combination(s) thereof. Lighting-emitting light source elements are adjustably attached to the support frame, and can be selectively aimed to direct light as desired.
Claims8
A lighting apparatus for illuminating a drilling rig and surrounding location comprising:
- a) a support frame assembly defining a central opening;
- b) a plurality of light sources disposed along said support frame assembly;
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- c) a plurality of mounting brackets for operationally attaching said support frame assembly directly to a hand rail having an upper surface on a crown of a derrick, wherein said hand rail is disposed within said central opening of said support frame assembly, and said support frame assembly does not extend substantially above said upper surface of said hand rail;
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- d) at least one turnbuckle bracket having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end is operationally attached to said support frame assembly and said second end is operationally attached to said hand rail below said upper surface of said hand rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.