Lighting fixture mounting post

A light fixture assembly comprising:

• a mounting post comprising:
• a threaded upper portion (20);
• a threaded lower portion (21) including a plurality of serially spaced apart taper threaded segments (29) separated by reduced thickness spaces (28) to allow easier shortening of the lower portion;
• and
• a flange (22) separating the upper portion from the lower portion;
• a light shade (14) having a passage for receiving the threaded upper portion of the mounting post;
• a post nut (11) threadedly cooperating with the threaded upper portion for attaching the mounting post to the light shade;
• an unthreaded shoulder (30) adjacent to one of the reduced thickness spaces additionally separating consecutive taper threaded segments to lengthen the separation of the taper threaded segments below the unthreaded shoulder from the taper threaded segments above the unthreaded shoulder;
• and
• a light fixture threadedly cooperating with the tapered threads of the threaded lower portion for attaching the light fixture to the mounting post.

A light fixture assembly comprising:

• a mounting post comprising:
• a threaded upper portion;
• a threaded lower portion including a plurality of serially spaced apart taper threaded segments separated by reduced thickness spaces to allow easier shortening of the lower portion;
• and
• a flange separating the upper portion from the lower portion;
• a light shade having a passage for receiving the threaded upper portion of the mounting post;
• a post nut threadedly cooperating with the threaded upper portion for attaching the mounting post to the light shade;
• and
• a light fixture threadedly cooperating with the tapered threads of the threaded lower portion for attaching the light fixture to the mounting post,
• wherein the mounting post includes a non-round shoulder formed directly onto the flange and the passage in the light shade has a shape cooperating with the non-round shoulder to restrict rotation of the mounting post relative to the light shade.

A light fixture assembly comprising:

• a mounting post comprising:
• a threaded upper portion;
• a threaded lower portion including a plurality of serially spaced apart taper threaded segments separated by reduced thickness spaces to allow easier shortening of the lower portion;
• and
• a flange separating the upper portion from the lower portion;
• a light shade having a passage for receiving the threaded upper portion of the mounting post;
• a post nut threadedly cooperating with the threaded upper portion for attaching the mounting post to the light shade;
• and
• a light fixture threadedly cooperating with the tapered threads of the threaded lower portion for attaching the light fixture to the mounting post,
• wherein a bottom surface of the post nut includes an 0-Ring recess and an O-ring resides between the bottom surface of the post nut and the light shade, and wherein the mounting post includes a non-round shoulder formed directly onto the flange and the passage in the light shade has a shape cooperating with the non-round shoulder to restrict rotation of the mounting post relative to the light shade.

A light fixture assembly comprising:

• a mounting post comprising:
• a threaded upper portion;
• a threaded lower portion for attaching a light fixture, the threaded lower portion comprising:
• serially spaced apart tapered threaded segments;
• reduced thickness spaces separating the tapered threaded segments to allow easier shortening of the lower portion;
• and
• an unthreaded shoulder adjacent to one of the reduced thickness spaces additionally separating consecutive taper threaded segments to lengthen the separation of the taper threaded segments below the unthreaded shoulder from the taper threaded segments above the unthreaded shoulder;
• and
• a flange separating the upper portion from the lower portion;
• a light shade having a passage for receiving the threaded upper portion of the mounting post;
• a post nut threadedly cooperating with the threaded upper portion for attaching the mounting post to the light shade;
• and
• a light fixture threadedly cooperating with the tapered threads of the threaded lower portion for attaching the light fixture to the mounting post.