Combination rail and luminaire

• US 3,131,871 A
• Filed: 11/28/1960
• Issued: 05/05/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John P. Foulds
• Original Assignee: John P. Foulds
• Inventors: Foulds, John P.
• Application Number:
  US04/072,105
• Time in Patent Office: 1,254 Days
• US Class Current: 362/146
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 9/669 for fastening to safety barriers or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 2011/1872 illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/20 with light sources held by or within elongate supports

Claims

1. A RAIL LIGHTING DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOLLOW MEMBER HAVING AN OPEN TOP CLOSED BY A READILY REMOVABLE COVER MEMBER, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID HOLLOW MEMBER IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION ABOVE A SURFACE, MEANS FOR RIGIDLY SUPPORTING SAID COVER MEMBER AGAINST INWARD DEFLECTION SECURED TO SAID HOLLOW MEMBER AND ABUTTING SAID COVER MEMBER, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS DEFINING AN ELONGATED PARTITION WITHIN SAID MEMBER DIVIDING THE INTERIOR THEREOF LONGITUDINALLY INTO FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED WALLED COMPARTMENTS, ELECTRIC LAMP AND TRANSMIT ELECTRIC POWER THERETO, SAID SOCKET MEANS BEING MOUNTED ON SAID PARTITION TO BE LOCATED WITHIN ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS FOR SUPPORTING AN ELONGATED LAMP IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION THEREIN, MEANS DEFINING AN ELONGATED LIGHT-TRANSMITTING SECTION IN A SIDE WALL OF SAID HOLLOW MEMBER FOR TRANSMISSION OF LIGHT FROM A LAMP IN SAID SOCKETS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED OPENING IN SAID WALL, A LIGHT TRANSMITTING PLATE DISPOSED OVER SAID ELONGATED OPENING, AND MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID PLATE IN POSITION OVER SAID ELONGATED OPENING, AND POWER SUPPLY MEANS FOR CONNECTION TO SAID SOCKETS, INCLUDING WIRING DISPOSED WITHIN ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS.