Modular lighting with blocks
First Claim
1. A modular lighting fixture comprising:
- at least one housing having at least three sides connected to each other at a plurality of edges to form a polygon;
the housing having a front surface and a rear surface for defining a volume in the housing;
at least one electrically powered light source in the volume;
a separate connector in each of at least two of said sides for pivotally connecting each side of the housing having a connector, to a side of another housing having a connector, wherein said pivotally connected housings are offset with respect to each other; and
each connector being located by an equal amount away from a center position between the edges of the sides containing a respective connector;
each connector including means for detachably mechanical connecting the housing to another housing having a connector by turning the housing with respect to the other housing so that the housing cannot be pulled apart from the other housing unless the housing is twisted with respect to the other housing;
each connector also having means for detachably electrically connecting the housing to the other housing for positive and negative electrical connection between the housing and the other housing.
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Abstract
A modular light assembly is provided. The light assembly includes a light housing with sides, an electrical light source inside the housing and connected to a connector on at least one side of the housing, and a pin for pivotally, electrically and detachably connecting the side with the connector to a side of another housing having the connector. The connector includes a quarter turn receptacle set into a dielectric medium, which is surrounded by a conductive metal ring. The electrical light source may be a plurality of LED lamps connected to a printed circuit board, which is connected to the connector. The light assembly may also be connected to other electrical and non-electrical devices having a connector.
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33 Claims
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1. A modular lighting fixture comprising:
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at least one housing having at least three sides connected to each other at a plurality of edges to form a polygon; the housing having a front surface and a rear surface for defining a volume in the housing;
at least one electrically powered light source in the volume;a separate connector in each of at least two of said sides for pivotally connecting each side of the housing having a connector, to a side of another housing having a connector, wherein said pivotally connected housings are offset with respect to each other; and each connector being located by an equal amount away from a center position between the edges of the sides containing a respective connector; each connector including means for detachably mechanical connecting the housing to another housing having a connector by turning the housing with respect to the other housing so that the housing cannot be pulled apart from the other housing unless the housing is twisted with respect to the other housing; each connector also having means for detachably electrically connecting the housing to the other housing for positive and negative electrical connection between the housing and the other housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A modular light assembly comprising:
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a light housing; connector means on at least one side of said housing for electrically and pivotally connecting said light housing to at least one other light housing of another modular light assembly at an offset; and at least one light source disposed within the light housing and electrically connected to the connector means; the connector means comprising;
a metal receptacle set into a nonconductive medium;
a conductive metal ring surrounding said receptacle and mounted to the nonconductive medium of the receptacle; and
a metal fastening pin with one male end inserted into said receptacle, and a second opposite male end for securing the modular light assembly to either similar modular light assemblies or modular light assemblies of different shapes and colors containing said receptacle, said medium, and said conductive metal ring;
each connector means including means for detachably mechanical connecting the housing to another housing having a connector by turning the housing with respect to the other housing so that the housing cannot be pulled apart from the other housing unless the housing is twisted with respect to the other housing. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A modular light assembly comprising:
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a light housing having four equal sides, a front and a rear; a connector at each side of the housing, each connector being for detachably and mechanically pivotally and electrically connecting said light housing to at least one other electrical device via said mechanical connectors and electrical connectors or to a non-electrical device via only said mechanical connectors; a circuit board located in the housing and connected to a wire which electrically joins to each connector; and at least one light source attached to the circuit board; each connector being positioned in its respective side of the housing to be midway between front and rear edges of the respective side and to be offset toward one end of the respective side by an amount that is equal for each side of the housing and in the same direction around the housing and for each side of the housing so that like housings are detachably and mechanically and electrically and pivotally connected to each other at the connectors in equal offset positions with respect to each other. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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