Outdoor lighting fixture

• US 3,116,023 A
• Filed: 09/08/1960
• Issued: 12/31/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dusen Jr Harold A Van, Paul J. Curtin
• Original Assignee: Dusen Jr Harold A Van, Paul J. Curtin
• Inventors: DUSEN JR HAROLD A VAN, Curtin, Paul J.
• Application Number:
  US04/054,606
• Time in Patent Office: 1,209 Days
• US Class Current: 362/294
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/04 the elements being switches safety devices F21V25/00

Claims

1. AN OUTDOOR LIGHT FIXTURE ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A POLE TOP COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A SLIP FITTER ENGAGING SAID POLE TOP AND INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC OUTLET, A METALLIC SLEEVE SLIDABLY DISPOSED ON SAID SLIP FITTER AND NORMALLY COVERING SAID OUTLET, MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID COVER IN SAID COVERING POSITION, THREE GENERALLY ARCUATE ARMS EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SLIP FITTER, ONE OF SAID ARMS BEING FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID SLIP FITTER AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID ARMS BEING RELEASABLY HELD IN AND ROTATABLE IN SAID SLIP FITTER SO THAT SAID ARMS CAN BE ROTATED TO NEST COMPACTLY WITH SAID FIXED ARM, A GENERALLY CONICAL LIGHT REFLECTING HOOD SUPPORTED BY SAID ARMS AND HAVING A CENTRALLY LOCATED APERTURE THEREIN, A LIGHT DIFFUSING MEMBER ATTACHED TO SAID HOOD, ELECTRICAL SUPPLY LEADS EXTENDING FROM SAID SLIP FITTER THROUGH SAID FIXED ARM AND TERMINATING IN AN ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE IN SAID APERTURE IN SAID HOOD, AN INTEGRAL PHOTOCONTROL AND LIGHT SOCKET ASSEMBLY DISPOSED IN SAID APERTURE AND HAVING AN ELECTRIC PLUG CONNECTION RELEASABLY ENGAGING SAID ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE, MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID PHOTOCONTROL AND SAID LIGHT SOCKET TO THERMALLY INSULATE SAID PHOTOCONTROL FROM SAID LIGHT SOCKET AND INCLUDING A METALLIC HEAT ABSORBING PLATE HAVING AN EXTERIORLY DISPOSED PERIPHERALLY EXTENDING HEAT RADIATING LIP.