Light Fixture with Communication or Power Connector
AssigneeMcKeon Products, Inc.
InventorDevin Benner
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Abstract
A light fixture includes a mount configured to mount onto a mounting surface and a stem having a first end attached to the mount and extending in a first direction away from the mount with respect to the mounting surface to a second end. The light fixture further includes at least one arm having a first end attached to the stem and extending in a second direction away from the stem with respect to the mounting surface to a second end, the second direction at an angle with respect to the first direction. The light fixture includes a socket disposed on the second end of the at least one arm for receiving a light emitter and a power receptacle and/or a communication receptacle disposed on the second end of the stem.
Claims20
A light fixture comprising:
- a mount configured to mount onto a mounting surface;
- a stem having a first end attached to the mount and extending in a first direction away from the mount with respect to the mounting surface to a second end;
- at least one arm having a first end attached to the stem and extending in a second direction away from the stem with respect to the mounting surface to a second end, the second direction at an angle with respect to the first direction;
- a socket disposed on the second end of the at least one arm for receiving a light emitter;
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- a power receptacle and/or a communication receptacle disposed on the second end of the stem in a location spaced away from the socket with respect to the mounting surface by a distance that extends between the first and second ends of the at least one arm.
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a mount configured to mount onto a mounting surface and suspend the fixture body;
- a mounting stem having first and second ends, the first end of the mounting stem connected to the mount;
- a fan assembly having first and second ends, the first end of the fan assembly connected to the second end of the mounting stem below the first end of the mounting stem with respect to the mounting surface;
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- a power receptacle and/or a communication receptacle disposed on the second end of the fan assembly and arranged for access from below the fan assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.