Adjustable light fixture
AssigneeLightron of Cornwall Incorporated
InventorsEugene Littman, Cecil Mann, Steven Proner
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Abstract
A lamp assembly for supporting at least one elongated lamp is pivotally attached to a mounting structure so that the lamp assembly is rotatable with respect to the mounting structure about an axis generally aligned with a longitudinal axis of the lamp. An otherwise substantially enclosed housing has an opening sized to admit a lamp assembly that pivotally attaches to the housing such that it is rotatable through the opening, and a friction assembly attached to the lamp assembly provides a slidable frictional interface with the housing.
Claims25
A light fixture comprising
- a lamp assembly for supporting at least one elongated lamp,
- a mounting structure defining an opening sized to admit said lamp assembly, said lamp assembly being pivotally attached to said mounting structure so that said lamp assembly is rotatable about an axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said lamp, said lamp assembly being movable through said opening to a fully recessed position within said mounting structure, and
- a friction assembly attached to said lamp assembly, said friction assembly providing a slidable frictional interface with said mounting structure.
A light fixture comprising:
- a mounting structure having a bracket;
- a lamp assembly for supporting at least one elongated lamp, said lamp assembly being pivotally attached to said mounting structure so that said lamp assembly is rotatable with respect to said mounting structure about an axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said lamp;
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- a friction assembly attached to said lamp assembly, said friction assembly having first and second bearings disposed on opposite sides of said bracket and a spring disposed to urge said first bearing toward said second bearing, said friction assembly providing a slidable frictional interface with said bracket.
A light fixture comprising:
- a mounting structure having a bracket;.
- a lamp assembly for supporting at least one elongated lamp, said lamp assembly being pivotally attached to said mounting structure so that said lamp assembly is rotatable with respect to said mounting structure about an axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said lamp;
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- a friction assembly attached to said lamp assembly and having first and second bearings comprising nylon washers disposed on opposite sides of said bracket, said friction assembly providing a slidable frictional interface with said bracket.
A method of changing a direction of illumination, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a light fixture comprising:
- a lamp assembly for supporting at least one elongated lamp;
- a mounting structure having an opening sized to admit said lamp assembly, said lamp assembly being pivotally attached to said mounting structure so that said lamp assembly is rotatable about an axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said lamp;
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- a friction assembly attached to said lamp assembly, said friction assembly providing a slidable frictional interface with said mounting structure;
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- moving said lamp assembly through said opening to a fully recessed position within said mounting structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.