Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
362431000 | Pole or post type support | 21 |
20080239733 | Pole vibration damping apparatus - A highway lighting apparatus includes a lighting fixture, and a vibration damper. The vibration damper includes a housing having a ball chamber, the chamber being of square shape. One or two vibration damping balls are mounted in the chamber for independent free rolling movement therein. If two balls are used, the ball diameter is shorter than one-half of each of the four chamber sides. If the damper is used on a pole having a side-mounted light fixture, the housing would include a downwardly open socket receiving the top end of the pole, with a center axis of the pole coinciding with respective center axes of the chamber and the socket. In the case where the damper is used on a pole having a top-mounted light fixture, the damper would be mounted below the light fixture on a side of the pole. | 10-02-2008 |
20090021952 | Lighting kit - A lighting kit includes all the components necessary to install a lighting fixture on a support post or pole. The components are made of polymeric materials to provide an electrically nonconducting enclosure attached to the support post and the fixture. A collar made of fiberglass reinforced polymer is attached to an electrical junction box. The collar has a tubular projection for connecting with the fixture. Spacer blocks are pivotally attached to the junction box and to the support post securing the kit to the post. | 01-22-2009 |
20090122564 | SPIKE FOR OUTDOOR LIGHTING FIXTURE - A spike for outdoor lighting fixture includes a receptacle portion integrated into the body of the spike with an open section and a removable transparent window that is configured to enclose the receptacle portion. The transparent window is attached to the receptacle portion using one or more screws or other fasteners. The spike can include an internally threaded upper portion for receiving a post upon which a lighting fixture is mounted and/or a lamp socket can be attached to the top of the spike and a protective housing fitted around the outer edges of the top of the spike. In a preferred embodiment, the receptacle portion is divided into multiple compartments, e.g., for storing excess cable or spare parts for the fixture, such as wire nuts or lamps, or for securing connection points of a wiring installation. The transparent window permits visual examination of the connection within the receptacle without removing the transparent window. | 05-14-2009 |
20090154178 | Method and apparatus to secure street light - A street light includes an access opening, a cover for the access opening, at least one bolt to secure the cover in place over the access opening, and a locking unit to lock the cover in place and cover said bolt. | 06-18-2009 |
20090175046 | OUTDOOR LIGHT APPARATUS AND ASSEMBLY - A lighting assembly and apparatus having a light fixture mounted using a tube and stake assembly; the tube is configured with a male receptacle formed of a pronged plug positioned vertically with the upper end flush with the earth; and the stake for insertion into the earth, the stake is configured with a female receptacle containing electrical contacts adapted to receive the pronged plug of the male receptacle. The female receptacle is adapted to have an open end so as to clear debris to the bottom of said stake. The light assembly and apparatus can be constructed from low cost, low voltage outdoor lights so as to provide ground level illumination of pathways, steps, and landscaping. | 07-09-2009 |
20090201686 | Truss with lighting truck - A lighting truss system uses metal truss sections with at least one powered main truss chord between end flanges. A fixture slot is disposed along an outside length of the powered main truss chord. Inside, an extruded aluminum support is positioned inside the powered main truss chord. This supports a pair of power buss bars with insulators that are accessible on one side through the fixture slot. A male-male plug can then be used during assembly on stage for interconnecting exposed open ends of corresponding powered main truss chords between the adjoining end flanges. | 08-13-2009 |
20090201687 | Simplified truss assembly and lighting track interconnection - A simplified assembly truss system rivets each power track inside one chord of each truss span so that the electrical components cannot be misaligned inside the chord during final assembly. The chord is slotted to receive lighting heads in its mid-sections, and short end slots allow interconnecting plugs to be inserted into matching power track ends. A stop captured by the rivets near each chord-end indexes the interconnecting plugs to ensure the final electrical assembly is correct. | 08-13-2009 |
20090251906 | OUTDOOR LED LAMP ASSEMBLY - An outdoor LED lamp assembly includes a receiving member and an LED lamp mounted on the receiving member. The LED lamp includes a heat sink and a plurality of LED modules mounted on the heat sink. The receiving member includes a bottom plate. A plurality of screw assemblies extends through the bottom plate to engage with the receiving member to mount the bottom plate on the receiving member. Each of the screw assemblies includes a screw and a circlip snapping the screw. The screw includes a head and a thread portion extending from the head. The threaded portion threadedly engages in the receiving member. The bottom plate of the receiving member is sandwiched between the head and the circlip. A wire interconnects the receiving member and the bottom plate. The screws are remained on the bottom plate when the screws are loosened from the receiving member. | 10-08-2009 |
20090290365 | POLE-SUSPENDED FLAG ILLUMINATION - A pole-suspended flag illumination system positions a lighting fixture located in close proximity to a flag on a flagpole to provide illumination to the flag. The lighting fixture can slide up and down the flagpole in unison the flag using the same halyard that is used for the flag, or by other means. Further, flags often rotate about the flagpole as the wind shifts. As such, the lighting fixture can rotate about the flagpole in alignment with the flag so as to maintain illumination on the flag at it rotates. The flag and the lighting fixture may be attached to a reinforced electrical cable that acts as a halyard and raises and lowers them both along the flagpole. Further, the electrical cable can be connected to a power source to power directional lights in the lighting fixture and any other electrical devices on the flagpole. | 11-26-2009 |
20110134653 | PULTRUDED/EXTRUDED UTILITY LIGHTING, MOUNTING AND CLIMBING STRUCTURES - Pultruded and/or extruded lighting, mounting and climbing structures. The lighting structures comprise plural pullwound pultruded cylindrical structures and a mounting structure. The lighting structures also include plural types of climbing components. | 06-09-2011 |
20120140495 | LED LAMP - An LED lamp includes a heat sink, a circuit board, a threaded rod, a support post, and a base. The circuit board is fixed to the heat sink. One end of the threaded rod is fixed to the heat sink, and the opposite end of the threaded rod is fixed to one end of the support post. An opposite end of the support post is fixed to the base. The threaded rod, the support post, and the base are made of heat dispersing material with good heat conductivity. Heat generated by the circuit board is transferred directly to the threaded rod, or is transferred via the heat sink to the threaded rod, and the support post and the base. | 06-07-2012 |
20120163006 | Post for a Combined Light Fitting - A post for a combined light fitting includes a hollow post body composed of at least two post walls, a connector is installed in at least one end of the post body, the connector is provided with a screw connecting hole for connection with outside. All the post walls constituting the post are made of one piece of fiber plate, and on the surface of the fiber plate, at least one V-shaped groove extending along the direction of its height is formed, the V-shaped groove divides the fiber plate into several post walls, and the respective post wall is turned over inward along the V-shaped groove to form the hollow post. In addition, on the upper side and lower side of the fiber plate, positioning grooves are set along the direction of its width, the positioning grooves are perpendicular to the V-shaped groove, a connector is embedded in each of the two ends of the hollow post composed of various post walls after tuned over, and the base of the connector is embedded in the positioning groove for defining the position of the connector. | 06-28-2012 |
20120170293 | Multi-tower work station - A linear arrangement comprising a pole having at least one adjustable arm for storing and using devices in a utility space, such as workspaces for home entertainment, accessory storage, for use by automotive mechanics, artists, seamstresses, beauticians, aestheticians, doctors, dentists, manicurists, cosmetologists, jewelers, musicians, or anyone requiring easy access to a multiplicity of work areas and equipment is provided. The present invention could also be used for display purposes in a retail setting, or for storage. It could also be used as a host stand in a restaurant, or in a kitchen for holding a multiplicity of appliances. | 07-05-2012 |
20120287654 | LED STREETLAMP INSTALLATION SEAT AND LED STREETLAMP - An exemplary LED streetlamp installation seat and an LED lamp both has a seat body ( | 11-15-2012 |
20130077327 | POLE MOUNTED ENCLOSURES FOR LUMINAIRES - Enclosures for housing the electrical components of a luminaire at the base of a pole. In some embodiments, the enclosure is formed by two enclosure halves that are positioned around the base of the pole and mated together to form the enclosure. | 03-28-2013 |
20130265786 | Streetlight Having a Hollow Pole - A streetlight having a hollow pole is provided with a lower hand-access opening closed by a hatch. The hollow pole has an internal surface and an external surface, its external surface being lined by external photovoltaic cells in an upper section thereof, and a lamp that is positioned inside the hollow pole. The upper end of the hollow pole is open and the lamp is mounted on positioning means so that the lamp can be moved, inside the hollow pole, from the lower hand-access opening until near the upper end of the hollow pole on which a tiltable screen is mounted having a side facing upward and a side facing downward, the latter being lined by a reflecting panel, the internal surface of the hollow pole being covered by internal photovoltaic cells. | 10-10-2013 |
20140043836 | YIELDABLE LIGHTING COLUMN - A yieldable lighting column ( | 02-13-2014 |
20140376240 | Counter weighted hinged light pole - The invention disclosed herein is a counter weighted hinged light pole which allows easy access to the light fixtures and other devices attached at the top of the light pole to be accessed. The counter weighted hinged light pole consists of a support base, a central support pole which is attached to the base and which has a hinge located at the end opposite the base. A top pole to which the lights and other devices are attached is affixed to the hinge. A second bottom member is also attached to the hinge and is an extension of the top pole in the opposite direction. A counter weight approximating the weight of the light fixtures is attached to the end of the second bottom member. A rope attached to the end of the top pole near the light fixtures enables a worker to lower the light fixtures by applying tension to the rope. The top of the top pole rotates in a downward arc around the hinge. | 12-25-2014 |
20150070917 | MODULAR LAMP - A modular lamp apparatus and system. In one exemplary embodiment, the modular lamp can include a shell with a first shell piece and at least a second shell piece, and a hook affixed to one of an interior wall of the first shell piece or an interior wall of the second shell piece; and a skeletal structure comprising a pole, a pole base, and a light fixture, the pole having a hole that receives the hook to couple the skeletal structure in place relative to the shell when the first shell piece and the second shell piece are combined to form the shell, wherein at least a portion of the skeletal structure is contained within a shell interior of the shell when the first shell piece and the second shell piece are combined to form the shell. | 03-12-2015 |
20150098232 | LIGHT REPLACING APPARATUS FOR REPLACING BULBS IN STREET LAMPS - A method for changing a light bulb in a parking light pole, comprising disposing a housing on the top of a light pole for holding a lamp holder having a lamp disposed therein, holding the lamp holder in the housing by urging the lamp holder downward, removing the lamp holder by urging a removal apparatus up through an annulus in the center of the light pole to urge a plurality of pivoting members outward and away from the bottom surface of the lamp holder to allow the lamp holder to fall and be captured by the removal apparatus, replacing the lamp holder by disposing the lamp holder in an installation device, urging the installation device upward such that the lamp holder causes the pivoting members to urge outward, urging the installation device down in the annulus to allow the lamp holder to be urged downward, and removing the installation device. | 04-09-2015 |
20170234024 | A Support Structure | 08-17-2017 |