Outdoor electric lighting fixture
OwnerDavid D. Poyerinventor
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Abstract
A simple and economical outdoor electric lighting fixture whose housing is made of polyvinyl chloride. The fixture includes a U-shaped fluorescent lamp; a socket for the lamp; a 120 volt transformer; a flanged circular base plate supporting the socket and transformer; a polyvinyl chloride cylindrical housing having at its center an interior annular ring supporting the base plate; a polyvinyl chloride cylindrical post supporting the cylindrical housing; a cylindrical frosted lens surrounding the fluorescent lamp and resting on the flange of the base plate; and a domed end cap fitted over the upper end of the cylindrical lens.
Claims2
A lighting fixture designed for outdoor use comprising:
- a U-shaped fluorescent lamp;
- a socket for the fluorescent lamp;
- a 120 volt transformer;
- a flanged circular base plate supporting the socket and the transformer;
- a cylindrical housing made of polyvinyl chloride having at its center an interior annular ring supporting the base plate;
- a cylindrical post whose outer diameter is slightly less than the inner diameter of the housing for supporting the housing and whose upper edge rests against the annular ring of the housing;
- a cylindrical frosted lens surrounding the fluorescent lamp and resting upon the flange of the base plate;
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- a domed end cap fitted over the upper end of the cylindrical lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.