Support pole and outdoor lighting assembly comprising the same

An outdoor lighting assembly, comprising:

• a vertically-extending support pole having three or more vertically-extending sidewall panels arranged adjacent to each other to define external lateral surfaces of the support pole, each sidewall panel having a width and opposite lateral edges extending between vertically spaced-apart upper and lower ends of said sidewall panels;
• a plurality of rigid, vertically-extending structural supports, each of said structural supports having a width that is less than the width of each of the three or more sidewall panels, and each of said structural supports having opposite lateral edges extending between vertically spaced-apart upper and lower ends of said structural supports;
• wherein each of said structural supports is disposed between, and interconnects, two of said three or more sidewall panels, and wherein further the sidewall panels overlap the structural supports proximate at least the respective lateral edges thereof, with the overlapping portions of the sidewall panels and structural supports being secured together only with adhesive;
• a luminaire secured to said support pole at an upper end thereof;
• wherein one or more of the supports is a corner extrusion having a vertically-extending, exteriorly-facing channel;
• and
• wherein a LED lighting strip is disposed in the exteriorly-facing channel of at least one of said one or more corner extrusions, said LED lighting strip selectively operable to generate illumination that is visible from an exterior of said support pole.

A vertically-extending support pole, comprising:

• three or more vertically-extending sidewall panels arranged adjacent to each other to define external lateral surfaces of the support pole, each sidewall panel having a width and opposite lateral edges extending between vertically spaced-apart upper and lower ends of said sidewall panels;
• a plurality of rigid, vertically-extending structural supports, each of said structural supports having a width that is less than the width of each of the three or more sidewall panels, and each of said structural supports having opposite lateral edges extending between vertically spaced-apart upper and lower ends of said structural supports;
• wherein each of said structural supports is disposed between, and interconnects, two of said three or more sidewall panels, and wherein further the sidewall panels overlap the structural supports proximate at least the respective lateral edges thereof, with the overlapping portions of the sidewall panels and structural supports being secured together only with adhesive;
• wherein each support is a corner extrusion having laterally-extending wings and a vertically-extending, exteriorly-facing channel disposed between said wings;
• wherein a LED lighting strip is disposed in the exteriorly-facing channel of at least one of said corner extrusions, said LED lighting strip selectively operable to generate illumination that is visible from an exterior of said support pole;
• wherein a polymer cover overlies each LED lighting strip.

An outdoor lighting assembly, comprising:

• a vertically-extending support pole having three or more vertically-extending sidewall panels arranged adjacent to each other to define external lateral surfaces of the support pole, each sidewall panel having a width and opposite lateral edges extending between vertically spaced-apart upper and lower ends of said sidewall panels;
• a plurality of rigid, vertically-extending structural supports, each of said structural supports having a width that is less than the width of each of the three or more sidewall panels, and each of said structural supports having opposite lateral edges extending between vertically spaced-apart upper and lower ends of said structural supports;
• wherein each of said structural supports is disposed between, and interconnects, two of said three or more sidewall panels, and wherein further the sidewall panels overlap the structural supports proximate at least the respective lateral edges thereof, with the overlapping portions of the sidewall panels and structural supports being secured together only with adhesive;
• and
• a luminaire secured to said support pole at an upper end thereof;
• wherein each structural support is a corner extrusion having laterally-extending wings and a vertically-extending, exteriorly-facing channel disposed between said wings;
• wherein a LED lighting strip is disposed in the exteriorly-facing channel of at least one of said corner extrusions, said LED lighting strip selectively operable to generate illumination that is visible from an exterior of said support pole.