Safety light for swimming pool

• US 5,144,545 A
• Filed: 08/21/1991
• Issued: 09/01/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: David W. Klitzing
• Original Assignee: David W. Klitzing
• Inventors: Klitzing, David W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Stephen F.
• Application Number:
  US07/747,937
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• Field of Search: 362/101, 362/154, 362/223, 362/226, 362/253, 362/267, 362/363, 362/370, 362/378, 362/432, 362/293, 362/318
• US Class Current: 362/101
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/00 Lighting devices intended for fixed installation F21S9/00, F21S10/00 take precedence; using a string or strip of light sources F21S4/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 31/00 Gas-tight or water-tight arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/401 for swimming pools

Abstract

A safety light for a swimming pool that can be installed without draining the pool. The safety light has a lamp and casing assembly supported by an elongated bracket. The bracket is attached proximate its upper end to a sidewall of the swimming pool above the water line and the lamp and casing assembly is supported by the elongated bracket proximate its lower end. The bracket can be a tube which is capped at its lower end, filled with water and colored with a dye for the purpose of filtering the light to minimize the safety light'"'"'s attraction for bugs.

Claims

1. A safety light comprising a high output lamp sealed in a transparent casing with a watertight closure member, said lamp connected to current carrying lines passing through the watertight closure member;

and,

an elongated bracket having first and second ends with means proximate the first end for detachably attaching the bracket vertically to a sidewall of a swimming pool above the water line and with means for suspending the lamp and casing assembly proximate the second end of the elongated bracket whereby the safety light can be installed in the swimming pool without draining the pool.

2. The safety light of claim 1 wherein the elongated bracket is a transparent plastic tube fitted loosely over the lamp and casing assembly, said tube closed at the second end and having an aperture at the first end through which a dye can be added.

3. The safety light of claim 2 wherein the means for detachably attaching the bracket comprises a bolt with a head and a threaded shank, said bolt received in the tube with the shank sticking out of a hole in the tube proximate the first end, said threaded shank passing though a hole in the sidewall of the swimming pool and secured with a nut;

and,

wherein the means for suspending the lamp and casing assembly comprises a passageway through the head and shank of the bolt and through the nut, said passageway sized to grip the current carrying lines such that the weight of the lamp and casing assembly does not cause the current carrying lines to slip in the passageway after they have been adjusted to a selected length for suspending the lamp and casing assembly proximate the second end of the tube.

4. The safety light of claim 3 wherein the high output lamp is weighted.

5. A safety light comprising a halogen lamp sealed in a transparent glass casing with a watertight closure member, said lamp connected to current carrying lines passing through the watertight closure member;

a transparent plastic tube fitted loosely over the halogen lamp and casing assembly having first and second ends, said tube having means proximate the first end of the tube for detachably and pivotally attaching the tube to a sidewall of a swimming pool above the water line such that the tube hangs generally vertically, said tube closed at the second end such that the tube can be filled with water and further having means for suspending the lamp and casing assembly proximate the second end of the tube; and

,

means for applying a colored filter to the light from the halogen lamp emitted through the transparent plastic tube whereby the safety light can be installed without draining the pool and its attractiveness to bugs is minimized.

6. The safety light of claim 5 wherein the tube has an aperture in the first end above the water line and wherein the means for applying a colored filter comprises a dye which is added through the aperture to the water in the tube.

7. The safety light of claim 6 wherein the means for detachably attaching the bracket comprises a bolt with a head and a threaded shank, said bolt received in the tube with the shank sticking out of a hole in the tube proximate the first end, said threaded shank passing though a hole in the sidewall of the swimming pool and secured with a nut;

and,

wherein the means for suspending the lamp and casing assembly comprises a passageway through the head and shank of the bolt and through the nut, said passageway sized to grip the current carrying lines such that the weight of the lamp and casing assembly does not cause the current carrying lines to slip in the passageway after they have been adjusted to a selected length for suspending the lamp and casing assembly proximate the second end of the tube.

8. The safety light of claim 7 wherein the high output lamp is weighted.