US 5,649,760 A · Adjustable lighting fixture

Abstract

A lighting fixture includes a housing and a reflector assembly in the housing seated in a split, resilient seating ring and retained by a resilient retaining clip. The axial position of a reflector assembly may be adjusted by moving the seating ring axially. The ends of the ring on opposite sides of the split can be squeezed to resiliently disengage the ring from its interference-fit with the housing wall. The user squeezes the ring in this manner while moving it to a desired location in the housing and then releases it. The angular position of the reflector assembly may also be adjusted. The user squeezes the clip to resiliently disengage it from its interference-fit with the housing wall. The user squeezes the clip in this manner while pivoting the reflector assembly. With the ring abutting the reflector, the user then releases the clip to resiliently re-engage the housing wall. The lighting fixture may include a spike for securing the fixture in the ground.

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Dependent claims

A lighting fixture, comprising:

a hollow, essentially cylindrical housing having a transparent window at a distal end;
a seating ring disposed at a variable axial location within said housing and having means for retaining said seating ring at a selected axial location;
a reflector assembly in said housing and pivotally seated within said seating ring for adjusting a tilt angle of said reflector assembly;
and
a retaining clip within said housing and contacting a distal end of said reflector assembly to retain said reflector assembly in said seating ring at a selected tilt angle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adjustable lighting fixture

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Adjustable lighting fixture

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Abstract

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