Recessed light extension socket

• US 7,837,508 B1
• Filed: 04/03/2008
• Issued: 11/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Calvin T. Switzer
• Original Assignee: Calvin T. Switzer
• Inventors: Switzer, Calvin T.
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, THANH TAM T
• Application Number:
  US12/061,729
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 362/147, 362/391, 362403-408, 362/650, 439642-644
• US Class Current: 439/642
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 33/22 for screw type base, e.g. for lamp
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 33/94 Holders formed as intermediate parts for linking a counter-part to a coupling part

Abstract

A standard ceiling recessed lighting fixture can be modified to a low-slung AC or DC light fixture with a screw-in extension rod. The extension rod with bulb can be used to light a restaurant table or a pool table or a workbench and the like. A series of extension rods can be screwed together for a desired length. Rigid and flexible extension rods are disclosed. A dome light and ceiling fan mounting bracket for a recessed lighting fixture are disclosed.

Claims

1. An extension adapter for a female electrical socket for a ceiling recessed lighting fixture, said extension adapter comprising:

a male adapter sized to thread into a female receptacle of the ceiling recessed lighting fixture;

a rigid U shaped bracket having an upper arm connected to a bottom of the male adapter;

said rigid U shaped bracket having a horizontal lower arm with a vertical mounting hole;

an all thread connected in the vertical mounting hole;

a strain relief supported below the lower arm of the bracket by the all thread;

a flexible cable supported by the strain relief; and

a lamp supported from the flexible cable and wired to the male adapter.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a ceiling cover supported by the flexible cable, wherein a hole in the ceiling recessed lighting fixture is covered by the ceiling cover.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising a ceiling canopy supported by the flexible cable.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein a collar with a set screw provides the support from the flexible cable to the ceiling cover and the canopy.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the lamp supported by the flexible cable has a smaller sized bulb thread than the female receptacle of the ceiling recessed lighting fixture.

6. An extension adapter for a female electrical socket for a ceiling recessed lighting fixture, said extension adapter comprising:

a male adapter sized to thread into a female receptacle of the ceiling recessed lighting fixture;

a rigid U shaped bracket having an upper arm connected to a bottom of the male adapter;

said rigid U shaped bracket having a horizontal lower arm with a vertical mounting hole;

an all thread connected in the vertical mounting hole;

a rigid rod supported by the all thread; and

a lamp supported from the rigid rod and wired to the male adapter.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the lamp further comprises a lamp shade supported by the rigid rod.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the rigid rod further comprises a plurality of rigid rod segments joined together by a plurality of all thread segments.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the lamp further comprises a shade, and the rigid rod supports a ceiling cover via a stopper.