Lighting bollard for use in an urban environment
AssigneeUrban Systems Streetscape, Inc.
InventorJoseph Winden
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Abstract
A vandal resistant lighting bollard for use in an urban environment is provided comprising a steel base adapted for anchoring in an area requiring illumination and a steel housing received in an upright fashion on the base. One or more windows are disposed in the steel housing, the windows extending flush or parallel with the sides of the housing and the windows being formed from a tough, impact resistant, polycarbonate material. A source of illumination is disposed within the housing for projecting light through the window and an arrangement is provided for resiliently mounting the source of illumination within the housing to isolate the source of illumination from vibration and external impact.
Claims31
A vandal resistant, low elevation lighting bollard for providing indirect lighting in an urban environment comprising:
- a slipfitter steel base adapted for anchoring in an area requiring illumination, said slipfitter steel base comprising a steel base plate with means for anchoring connected thereto and an upstanding steel support flange welded thereto;
- a welded one-piece steel housing, said housing being received on said slipfitter base, said upstanding support flange having exterior dimensions smaller than the interior dimensions of said housing whereby said support flange is slidably received in said housing;
- means for fastening said housing to said slipfitter base;
- a one-piece window disposed below eye level in said housing, said window extending flush with a side of said housing and said window being formed from a tough impact resistant polycarbonate material.
A vandal resistant low elevation lighting bollard for providing indirect lighting in an urban environment comprising:
- a steel base adapted for anchoring in an area requiring illumination, said base comprising a steel base plate with means for anchoring connected thereto and an upstanding welded one-piece steel base structure having a slipfitter disposed thereatop, said slipfitter comprising an upstanding flange;
- a welded one-piece steel housing, said housing being received atop said base said upstanding flange of said slipfitter having exterior dimensions smaller than the interior dimensions of said housing whereby said slipfitter flange is slidably received in said housing;
- means for fastening said housing to said slipfitter flange;
- a one-piece window disposed in said housing, said window extending parallel with a side of said housing and said window being formed from a tough impact resistant polycarbonate material;
- a source of illumination disposed within said housing for projecting light through said window;
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- means for resiliently mounting said source of illumination within said housing to isolate said source of illumination from external impact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.