Lateral and directional poletop illuminator
OwnerGordon Koinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an environmentally friendly beacon or light for illuminating a pole-mounted flag, banner, pennant or the like that has a luminous source located in a laterally extending cover, is mounted on top of the pole, and is capable of continuously directing an umbrella shaped illumination toward the flag, banner, pennant or the like as the wind blows the same to rotate about the flagpole. The flagpole light of the present invention is designed to be installed as a retrofit in existing flagpoles having a shaft supported knob or sphere located a short distance above a rotatable cap.
Claims14
A laterally extending pole top light assembly for a flagpole comprising:
- (a) a rotatable cap means located at a top end of the flagpole for attachment of an upper corner of a flag and lower attachment means for a lower corner of said flag so that it may rotate about an axis of said flagpole when acted upon by wind;
- (b) an adapter removably insertable into and located within a cylindrical top opening of the rotatable cap means and having a top section defining a vertical threaded bore wherein is secured a threaded bolt end of a vertical support shaft;
- (c) a downwardly facing concave housing having an axial end with a narrower width than a lateral extension end, said axial end comprising rotation support means for rotational support of the housing from the support shaft adjacent to the top section of the adapter;
- (d) a lighting means for illuminating the flag with lights supported within the lateral extension end of the housing and directed downward;
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- (e) a cap connecting means for connecting the housing with the rotatable cap so that the housing rotates when the flag causes the rotatable cap to rotate about the flagpole's axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.