Mounting adapter for pole-mounted lights

An outside lighting arrangement, comprising:

• a. a vertical pole having a lower end mounted to the ground and an upper end;
• b. a mounting member coupled to the upper end of the pole, the mounting member having plural luminaire mounting positions, located circumferentially around the pole and offset from the pole;
• c. plural luminaires, each luminaire having a front and a rear, each luminaire being directional;
• d. plural mounting adapters, each comprising a first portion that couples to the mounting member at a respective one of the luminaire mounting positions, and a second portion that couples to a respective one of the luminaires, the respective second portion being rotatably coupled to the respective first portion so as to direct light from the respective luminaire in the desired direction;
• e. wherein the respective first portion comprises a first mounting tube having two ends, with one end of the first mounting tube coupled to one of the tenons, the respective first portion comprising a first extension tube that extends from the first mounting tube, the first extension tube rotatably coupled to the respective second portion;
• f. wherein the respective second portion comprises a second mounting tube and a second extension tube, the second mounting tube having two ends, with one end coupled to the respective luminaire, the second extension tube extending from the second mounting tube, the second extension tube being telescopically coupled to the respective first extension tube.

An outside lighting arrangement, comprising:

• a. a vertical pole having a lower end mounted to the ground and an upper end;
• b. a mounting member coupled to the upper end of the pole, the mounting member having plural luminaire mounting positions, located circumferentially around the pole and offset from the pole;
• c. plural luminaires, each luminaire having a front and a rear, each luminaire being directional;
• d. plural a mounting adapters, each comprising a first portion that couples to the mounting member at a respective one of the luminaire mounting positions, and a second portion that couples to a respective one of the luminaires, the respective second portion being rotatably coupled to the respective first portion so as to direct light from the respective luminaire in the desired direction;
• e) wherein the respective first portion comprises a first mounting tube having two ends, with one end of the first mounting tube coupled to the mounting member at one of the luminaire mounting positions, the respective first portion comprising a first extension tube that extends from the first mounting tube, the first extension tube rotatably coupled to the respective second portion;
• f) wherein the respective second portion comprises a second mounting tube and a second extension tube, the second mounting tube having two ends, with one end coupled to the respective luminaire, the second extension tube extending from the second mounting tube, the second extension tube being telescopically coupled to the respective first extension tube.

A method of modifying an outside lighting arrangement used to illuminate a lighted area and located adjacent to a dark area, the outside lighting arrangement comprising a vertical pole having a base on the ground and an upper end vertically above the base, a mounting member and a plurality of directional luminaires, comprising the steps of:

• a. locating luminaire mounting positions on the mounting member, with at least one of the luminaire mounting positions adjacent to the dark area and another of the luminaire mounting positions adjacent to the light area;
• b. identifying those luminaire mounting positions that are adjacent to the dark area;
• c. providing those identified luminaire mounting position that is adjacent to the dark area with a mounting adapter;
• d. mounting a respective one of the luminaires to the mounting member in the luminaire mounting position adjacent to the dark area by the respective mounting adaptors and mounting another of the respective luminaires to the mounting member in the luminaire mounting positions adjacent to the light area;
• e. orienting the luminaires on the mounting adapter so as to direct light away from the dark area and toward the light area.