Loading patent…
AssigneesG.H.L. International, Inc., Magnum Power Products, LLC
InventorsJohn M. Lipscomb, Keith H. Hamm, Stanley L. Suring, Walter J. Fiedorowicz, Harley A. Reabe, Walter E. Frohboese, JR.
Estimating the term…
A moisture release valve for an outdoor light including a valve body having a stem received in a valve guide and having a head seating with a valve seat integrally formed of part of a sidewall of a light casing of the light fixture. Valve body is gravity displaced between a closed position and an open position depending upon light fixture orientation and can include a counterweight carried by its stem interiorly disposed within the fixture helping to cause displacement of the valve body toward the desired open or closed position in response to a change in light fixture orientation. Valve body can be a rivet, such as a split rivet, and the counterweight can be a washer, such as an annular washer, having an opening generally in registry with the valve guide permitting fluid within the fixture to drain from the fixture when the valve is open.
A light fixture valve assembly comprising a valve body movable between a closed position and an open position disposed from the closed position with the valve body comprised of a valve stem receivable in a valve guide integrally formed of the light fixture and a valve head carried by the valve stem that seats against a valve seat integrally formed of the light fixture when the valve body is disposed in the closed position.
A light fixture moisture release valve assembly comprising:
A light fixture moisture release valve assembly comprising:
A light fixture moisture release valve assembly comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.