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Illuminated rock garden

  • US 4,758,934 A
  • Filed: 08/10/1987
  • Issued: 07/19/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A ground-based system for the glare-free illumination of three-dimensional objects, comprising:

  • a rigid sheet structure,comprising material selected from the group which includes sculptured, molded and cast concrete, fiber glass-reinforced concrete, polymeric substances and fiber glass-reinforced polymeric substances,having an upper convex shape,having the appearance and configuration of a natural rock,having an upper opening capable of accommodating the lower part of an object to be illuminated,having lower edges supported by the ground and forming a bottom opening,void space below the surface of said structure,an illuminating device disposed in said void space below the upper opening in said structure, said device comprising;

    a receptacle having an upper opening,a light source disposed in said receptacle,a watertight lid covering the opening in said receptacle, adapted to support an object to be illuminated, said lid having transparent portions horizontally extending substantially around the lower part of said object,support means for said receptacle, said support means resting on the ground, having a lower member adapted to conform to the contour of the ground and an upper member adapted to support said receptacle in horizontal position below the opening in said sheet structure, anda three-dimensional object to be illuminated, having an upper part to be illuminated and a lower part capable of passing through the upper opening in said structure so that the lower part of said object supported by said lid is supported in said void space below said upper opening and the upper part of the object to be illuminated protrudes above said upper opening, andwherein, irrespective of the configuration of the upper surface of said structure surrounding said upper opening, said support means maintains said receptacle and lid in a substantially horizontal position in said void space,wherein light from said light source shines upwardly through the transparent portions of said lid, so as to envelop the upper part of said object from substantially all sides, said light not being directly visible to observers and being indirectly visible without glare by its reflections from said object, andwherein water falling on said object runs along the surface of the watertight lid and drains downwardly without contacting electrical components of the light source.

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