Outdoor lighting fixtures and related systems and methods

• US 9,523,485 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2014
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Verfuerth, Neal R., Wetenkamp, Kenneth J.
• Primary Examiner(s): A, Minh D
• Application Number:
  US14/520,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20150260381A1
• Time in Patent Office: 791 Days
• Field of Search: 362/285, 362/263, 362/294, 362/39.71
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/033 the surface being a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/036 by means of a rigid support, e.g. bracket or arm
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/086 with lighting device attached sideways of the standard, e.g. for roads and highways
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/088 with lighting device mounted on top of the standard, e.g. for pedestrian zones
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/02 Wall, ceiling, or floor bases; Fixing pendants or arms to the bases F21V21/08 takes precedence; bases for movable standing lamps F21V21/06
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/116 Fixing lighting devices to arms or standards F21V21/002 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/30 Pivoted housings or frames
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0471 the sensor detecting the proximity, the presence or the movement of an object or a person
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0478 by means of an image recording device, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/10 Outdoor lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/103 of streets or roads
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/107 of the exterior of buildings
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/00 Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/02 Signs, boards, or panels, illuminated by artificial light sources positioned in front of the insignia
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 15/00 Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like

Abstract

A system for mounting an outdoor fluorescent lamp lighting fixture to a pole includes a compression sleeve configured to receive and tighten around the pole, a pivot base fixed to the compression sleeve, a mount configured for securing to the fluorescent lamp lighting fixture and for pivotally coupling to the pivot base, where the mount includes multiple adjustment points configured to allow the mount to be fixed at varying angles relative to the pivot base.

Claims

1. A system for mounting a light fixture to a pole, comprising:

a compression sleeve configured to receive and tighten around the pole;

a pivot base fixed to the compression sleeve;

a mount configured for securing to the lighting fixture and for pivotally coupling to the pivot base;

wherein the mount includes a plurality of adjustment points configured to allow the mount to be fixed at varying angles relative to the pivot base; and

wherein the compression sleeve comprises a tapered end configured to couple to a plurality of different outdoor lamp poles, each outdoor lamp pole having a different diameter.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the adjustment points are a plurality of pin holes.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the mount includes an opening and is configured to receive a panel to cover the opening.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the mount is configured to house electronics and the panel is configured for removal for providing user access to the electronics without requiring a user to decouple the mount from the lighting fixture.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the mount is configured to rotate at least forty-five degrees relative to the pivot base.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the mount is configured to rotate about ninety degrees relative to the pivot base.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the mount is configured to rotate no more than ninety degrees relative to the pivot base.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the mount includes a side wall which covers a portion of the pivot base when the mount is coupled to the pivot base.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the compression sleeve further comprises a fastener configured to tighten the compression sleeve around the existing outdoor lamp pole.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the compression sleeve further comprises a hollow cylindrical portion having an inner circumferential surface configured to engage an outer circumferential surface of the existing outdoor lamp pole when the compression sleeve receives the existing outdoor lamp pole.

11. A system for illuminating a display, comprising:

an outdoor light fixture;

an adaptor configured for coupling to the display;

at least one of a compression sleeve or a saddle clamp securely engageable to the adaptor;

a pivot base coupled to the one of the compression sleeve or the saddle clamp;

a mount coupled to the light fixture and pivotally coupled to the pivot base, so that the light fixture is adjustably positionable in any one or more of a plurality of positions to illuminate the display.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the display comprises a billboard.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the adaptor is configured for placement proximate a lower edge of the display so that the outdoor lighting fixture projects light upwardly over the display.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising a cover disposed over the outdoor lighting fixture.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the compression sleeve comprises a tapered end configured to couple to a plurality of different outdoor lamp poles, each outdoor lamp pole having a different diameter.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the compression sleeve comprises a fastener configured to tighten the compression sleeve around the existing outdoor lamp pole.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the compression sleeve comprises a hollow cylindrical portion having an inner circumferential surface configured to engage an outer circumferential surface of the existing outdoor lamp pole when the compression sleeve receives the existing outdoor lamp pole.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein a longitudinal axis of the compression sleeve extends along a length of the housing.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the compression sleeve comprises an open end configured to fit over an end of the existing outdoor lamp pole.