Fiber optic perimeter lighting system
AssigneePac-Fab, Inc.
InventorKevin L. Potucek
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Abstract
A fiber optic pool lighting system includes a light adaptor cap having an open mouth adapted to be positioned over a pool wall light source. A flexible fiber optic cable bundle having an end mounted in an opening in the cap is provided so that the end is in substantial axial alignment with the light source. A rail adaptor attaches the cable bundle to the top rail of an above-ground pool and the cable is branched from the adaptor and around the perimeter of the pool.
Claims24
A fiber optic pool lighting system comprising a light adapter cap having an open mouth adapted to be positioned over a pool wall light source, a flexible fiber optic cable bundle having an end mounted in an opening in said cap so that said end is in substantial axial alignment with said light source, and a rail adapter positioned on said bundle for attaching the cable bundle to a top rail of a swimming pool.
A fiber optic pool lighting system for an above-ground pool having a pool wall and a top perimeter mounted on the pool wall comprising an above-ground pool light fixture mounted in the pool wall, a light adapter cap comprising an end wall and a side wall, a flexible fiber optic cable bundle having an end mounted in an opening in said end wall so that said end is in substantial axial alignment with a light source in said pool light fixture, a rail adaptor mounted on the top perimeter, said top perimeter including a downwardly extending flange lip and said rail adaptor comprising a U-shaped channel having a base portion and a pair of parallel legs extending upwardly from said base and engaging said flange, a hollow flexible tube case connected at one end to said opening in said cap and connected at another end to said base portion of said rail adaptor, said flexible fiber optic cable bundle having a first and second branch legs extending as a unit from the opening in said end wall, through said tube case, into said U-shaped channel, and branching individually along said flange lip in opposite directions to provide lighting along the pool perimeter.
A fiber optic cable comprising a flat flexible ribbon having an integral tube formed along one edge of the ribbon to provide a cable having a single flat mounting tail extending therefrom, and a multiplicity of individual fiber optic fibers longitudinally extending in said tube.
A fiber optic light transmitting assembly comprising a pool light fixture mounted in a pool wall beneath a level of water in said pool, a light adaptor cap comprising an end wall and a side wall mounted over a lens of said fixture and in substantial vertical alignment with a light source in said fixture, and a flexible fiber optic cable bundle having an end mounted in an opening in said end wall so that said end is in substantial axial alignment with said light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.