Light assembly
AssigneeABL IP Holding LLC
InventorLarry Michael Bell
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Abstract
A light fixture that allows for customization and easy adjustability of various properties of the distributed light. The light fixture includes a threaded ring that engages with threads of a heat sink to support and retain a lens and/or reflector within the fixture. Because the threaded ring retains the lens and reflector within the fixture, unscrewing the threaded ring allows the lens and/or the reflector to be replaced without having to remove the entire fixture.
Claims16
A light fixture comprising:
- (a) a heat sink defining a cavity and a cavity opening and having a first set of threads extending at least partially around the heat sink at a first end of the heat sink proximate the cavity opening;
- (b) a light source secured to the heat sink within the cavity;
- (c) a reflector positioned within the cavity of the heat sink;
- (d) a lens positioned so as to at least partially cover the cavity opening of the heat sink;
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- (e) a ring with a second set of threads configured to engage the first set of threads, wherein the ring supports and retains the lens and the reflector within the fixture.
A method of installing a light fixture comprising:
- providing a heat sink defining a cavity and a cavity opening and having a first set of threads extending at least partially around the heat sink at a first end of the heat sink proximate the cavity opening;
- securing a light source to the heat sink within the cavity;
- positioning an initial reflector within the cavity of the heat sink;
- positioning an initial lens so as to at least partially cover the cavity opening of the heat sink;
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- mating threads of a ring with the threads of the heat sink to retain the initial reflector and the initial lens within the fixture.
A method of replacing at least one of an initial lens and an initial reflector within a light fixture comprising:
- disengaging threads of a ring from threads of a heat sink such that the initial lens and the initial reflector are removable from the light fixture;
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- replacing at least one of the initial lens and the initial reflector with at least one of a replacement lens and a replacement reflector without having to move the heat sink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.