Lighting fixture with adjustable reflector

A lighting assembly including first and second members, one of the members being a socket member and the other of the members being a reflector, the combination comprising:

• a first member having a substantially tubular side wall defining a cavity therein;
• a second member having a first substantially tubular section telescopically received within said first member tubular side wall and including
• a first recess in the exterior surface of said first tubular section located at a first distance from an end of said first tubular section;
• a first resilient member coupled to said first member and extending into said cavity and having a first cam surface thereon,
• wherein said first member and said second member are adapted to be coupled together at a first position with said first resilient member being receivable in said first recess in said first position, said first cam surface adapted to move said first resilient member out of said first recess upon relative rotation of said first and second members in a first rotational direction;
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• a first open-ended slot formed in an end of said second member adapted to receive said first resilient member upon initial telescoping of said second member into said first member, wherein upon relative rotation of said first and second members in a first rotational direction said first cam surface engages an edge of said slot and moves to an outer surface of said second member, whereby further movement allows said first resilient member to move into said first recess.

A lighting assembly including first and second members, one of the members being a socket member and the other of the members being a reflector, the combination comprising:

• a first member having a substantially tubular side wall defining a cavity therein;
• a second member having a first substantially tubular section telescopically received within said first member tubular side wall;
• a first recess in the exterior surface of one of said first member and said second member located at a first distance from an end of said member having first and second opposed edges;
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• a first resilient member coupled to the other of said first member and said second member and extending into said cavity and having a first cam surface thereon to move said first resilient member out of said first recess upon relative rotation of said first and second members in a first rotational direction by said first cam surface engaging said first edge, and a second cam surface thereon to move said first resilient member out of said recess upon relative rotation of said first and second members in a second rotational direction opposite said first rotational direction by said second cam surface engaging said second edge,
• wherein said first member and said second member are adapted to be coupled together at a first position with said first resilient member being receivable in said first recess in said first position.

A lighting assembly including first and second members, one of the members being a socket member and the other of the members being a reflector, the combination comprising:

• a first member having a substantially tubular side wall with first and second apertures formed therein;
• a second member having a first substantially tubular section telescopically received within said first member tubular sidewall and including first and second recesses in an exterior surface of said first tubular section at substantially the same first distance from an end of said first tubular section, and third and fourth recesses disposed on an exterior surface of said first tubular section at substantially the same second distance from an end of said first tubular section;
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• a first leaf spring coupled to said first member and extending into said first aperture, and a second leaf spring coupled to said first member and extending into said second aperture, wherein said first and second members are adapted to be coupled together at two different axial positions and four different rotational positions with said first leaf spring being receivable in said first or third recesses and with said second leaf spring being receivable in said second and fourth recesses.

A method of attaching a first member to a second member in a lighting assembly comprising the steps of

• inserting an end of the first member into the second member,
• inserting a leaf spring in an open-ended slot in the end of the first member and rotating the first member relative to the second member,
• inserting the end of the first member further into the second member until a first or second locking member spaced axially on the first reflector and a third locking member located on the socket align axially, and
• rotating the first member relative to the second member until the first or second locking members on the first member engage the third locking member on the second member.