Lighting apparatus and related method
AssigneeIMO Industries, Inc.
InventorEdward A. Schmidt, Jr.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a lighting apparatus of the type having a retainer, a lamp holder held by the retainer, and a lamp secured with respect to such holder. In the improvement, the lamp holder has a pair of support edges spaced from one another by a first dimension. The retainer includes first and second notches, each having a pair of notch edges spaced from one another by a second dimension which is greater than the first dimension. So configured, the holder may be removed through the notches without having access to the rear of the apparatus. In a specific embodiment, the lamp holder is a sphere truncated along two planes to form an "eyeball-like" structure which may be moved in the retainer for adjusting the position of the light beam. A new method is also disclosed.
Claims17
In a lighting apparatus having (a) a retainer, (b) a lamp holder held by the retainer, and (c) a lamp secured with respect to the holder, the improvement wherein:
- the lamp holder has a pair of support edges spaced from one another by a first dimension;
- the retainer includes first and second notches, each having a pair of notch edges spaced from one another by a second dimension greater than the first dimension, thereby permitting the holder to be removed through the notches.
A method for mounting a lamp holder having a lamp secured with respect to such holder, the lamp including a reflector for directing light along a reflecting axis, the method including:
- providing a retainer having (a) a body extending along a body axis, and (b) a notch formed in the retainer;
- orienting the holder so that the reflecting axis is angular to the body axis;
- urging the holder through the notch;
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- re-orienting the holder so that the beam axis and the body axis are substantially coextensive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.