Lighting fixture with water shunt
AssigneeKenall Manufacturing Company
InventorCharles A. McCarthy, III
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Abstract
A lighting fixture includes a lens frame having a rearmost rear-facing side with an outer perimeter, a baseplate connected to the lens frame, and a water shunt provided at the rearmost rear-facing side near the outer perimeter of the lens frame, the water shunt being structured for restricting water flow directed inwardly of the outer perimeter of the lens frame. A method includes providing a lens frame having a rearmost rear-facing side with an outer perimeter, providing a baseplate connected to the lens frame, and providing a water shunt provided at the rearmost rear-facing side near the outer perimeter of the lens frame, the water shunt being structured for restricting water flow directed inwardly of the outer perimeter of the lens frame.
Claims26
A lighting fixture comprising:
- a lens frame having a rearmost rear-facing side with an outer perimeter;
- a baseplate connected to the lens frame;
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- a water shunt provided at the rearmost rear-facing side near the outer perimeter of the lens frame, the water shunt being structured for restricting water flow directed inwardly of the outer perimeter of the lens frame,
- wherein the water shunt includes at least two rear-facing surfaces extending around the outer perimeter of the lens frame, and
- wherein the lens frame has a circumferential beveled outer frame portion abutting an outermost one of the at least two rear-facing surfaces, and wherein a projection is defined as being a lens frame portion between an innermost one of the at least two rear-facing surfaces and an inner wall of the beveled outer frame portion.
A lighting fixture having an external surface that includes a frontal light emitting side and a rear-facing baseplate surface of a baseplate, the lighting fixture comprising:
- a lens frame connected to the baseplate and having an external rearmost rear-facing side adjacent the rear-facing baseplate surface, the lens frame having an outer perimeter;
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- a water shunt provided on the rearmost rear-facing side of the lens frame near the outer perimeter, the water shunt being structured for restricting external water flow directed inwardly of the outer perimeter of the lens frame.
A sconce comprising:
- a lens frame having a vertically-oriented rearmost rear-facing external side with an outer perimeter and having a front side;
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- a water shunt provided on the rearmost rear-facing external side of the lens frame adjacent the outer perimeter, the water shunt being structured for restricting water flow directed inwardly of the outer perimeter of the lens frame.
A method comprising providing a lighting fixture having an external surface that includes a frontal light emitting side and a vertically-oriented rear-facing baseplate surface of a baseplate, the providing of the lighting fixture including:
- providing a lens frame connected to the baseplate and having an external vertically-oriented rearmost rear-facing side adjacent the rear-facing baseplate surface, the lens frame having an outer perimeter;
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- providing a water shunt on the rearmost rear-facing side of the lens frame near the outer perimeter, the water shunt being structured for restricting external water flow directed inwardly of the outer perimeter of the lens frame.
A lighting fixture comprising:
- a lens frame having a rear-facing exterior portion and having an interior-facing portion;
- a baseplate connected to the lens frame;
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- means disposed on the rear-facing exterior portion of the lens frame for shunting water away from the interior-facing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.