Lighting apparatus for raising natural lawn grass

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10228115-B2
Application number	US-201615011668-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2016
Priority date	Sep 1, 2014
Publication date	Mar 12, 2019
Grant date	Mar 12, 2019

Abstract

A movable lighting apparatus for raising natural lawn grass includes a frame, main support legs supporting the frame, and casters attached to the lower ends of the main support legs. A movable beam is provided such that it can be advanced and retracted relative to the frame in a left-right direction. A stationary beam is fixed to the frame. A sub-support leg is provided at an advancement direction forward end portion of the movable beam so as to support a distal end of the movable beam when the movable beam is advanced. A caster is attached to the lower end of the sub-support leg. LED lamps are attached to the movable beam and the stationary beam. When the movable beam is retracted, the lower end of the caster of the sub-support leg is moved to a position above the lower ends of the casters of the main support legs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting apparatus for raising natural lawn grass comprising: a frame; three or more main support legs for supporting the frame; at least one movable beam for lamp attachment whose longitudinal direction coincides with a left-right direction and which can be advanced and retracted in the longitudinal direction relative to the frame; at least one stationary beam for lamp attachment whose longitudinal direction coincides with the left-right direction and which is provided to be stationary relative to the frame; a sub-support leg which is provided at an advancement direction forward end portion of the movable beam and which supports a distal end of the movable beam when the movable beam is advanced; a caster attached to a lower end of the sub-support leg; and lamps attached to the stationary beam and the movable beam, wherein, when the movable beam is retracted, a lower end of the caster of the sub-support leg is moved to a position above lower ends of the main support legs.

2. The lighting apparatus for raising natural lawn grass according to claim 1 , wherein a rail whose longitudinal direction coincides with the left-right direction and guides the movable beam is attached to the frame; the movable beam is caused to move relative to the rail; a rail-side guide roller which rolls along the movable beam and guides the movable beam is attached to an end portion of the rail corresponding to the advancement direction forward end portion of the movable beam; and a beam-side guide roller which rolls along the rail and guides the movable beam is attached to the advancement direction rear end portion of the movable beam.

3. The lighting apparatus for raising natural lawn grass according to claim 2 , wherein the rail has an upward facing guide surface and a downward facing guide surface provided above the upward facing guide surface such that the downward facing guide surface is spaced from the upward facing guide surface; the movable beam has a downward facing guide surface provided above the upward facing guide surface of the rail such that the downward facing guide surface faces the upward facing guide surface of the rail; a rail-side guide roller which rolls along the downward facing guide surface of the movable beam is attached to the upward facing guide surface of the rail such that the rotational center line of the rail-side guide roller becomes parallel to a front-rear direction; a first beam-side guide roller which rolls along the upward facing guide surface of the rail is attached to the downward facing guide surface of the movable beam such that the rotational center line of the first beam-side guide roller becomes parallel to the front-rear direction; a second beam-side guide roller which rolls along the downward facing guide surface of the rail is attached to the upper surface of the movable beam such that the rotational center line of the second beam-side guide roller becomes parallel to the front-rear direction; when the movable beam is retracted, the advancement direction forward end portion of the movable beam is supported by the upward facing guide surface of the rail through the rail-side guide roller and the advancement direction rear end portion of the movable beam is supported by the upward facing guide surface of the rail through the first beam-side guide roller whereby the lower end of the caster of the sub-support leg is moved to a position above the lower ends of the main support legs, and when the movable beam is retracted, a clearance is formed between the downward facing guide surface of the rail and the second beam-side guide roller.

4. The lighting apparatus for raising natural lawn grass according to claim 3 , wherein the rail has two upward facing guide surfaces spaced from each other in the front-rear direction and the movable beam has two downward facing guide surfaces spaced from each other in the front-rear direction; a gap which establishes communication between the outside and inside of the rail is formed between the two upward facing guide surfaces of the rail such that the gap extends over the entire length of the rail; the movable beam has a lamp attachment portion to which a plurality of lamps are attached; a portion of the lamp attachment portion projects downward from the rail through the gap of the rail; and the plurality of lamps are attached to the portion of the lamp attachment portion projecting downward from the rail.

5. The lighting apparatus for raising natural lawn grass according to claim 4 , wherein
the rail has a pair of vertical side walls spaced from each other in the front-rear direction, a connection wall which connects upper portions of the two side walls together, and inward projection walls which are provided at lower portions of the two side walls such that each inward projection wall projects toward the side wall on the opposite side, the upward facing guide surface is provided on each of upper surfaces of the two inward projection walls, and the lower surface of the connection wall has a downward facing guide surface at a position between distal ends of the two inward projection walls;
the movable beam has a T-shaped transverse cross section and has a horizontal wall and a vertical wall projecting downward from a widthwise central portion of the horizontal wall, a downward facing guide surface is provided on each of portions of the lower surface of the horizontal wall located on the front and rear sides of the vertical wall, and the vertical wall serves as the lamp attachment portion; and
the rail-side guide roller is attached to each of the two upward facing guide surfaces of the rail such that the rail-side guide roller projects upward, the first beam-side guide roller is attached to each of the two downward facing guide surfaces of the movable beam such that the first beam-side guide roller projects downward, and the second beam-side guide roller is attached to a portion of the upper surface of the horizontal wall of the movable beam, the portion being located at the center thereof in the front-rear direction, such that the second beam-side guide roller projects upward.

6. The lighting apparatus for raising natural lawn grass according to claim 5 , comprising two rails which are disposed such that the two rails are spaced from each other in the front-rear direction, two movable beams which are disposed such that the two movable beams are spaced from each other in the front-rear direction and which are guided by the rails, and a single stationary beam disposed between the two movable beams, wherein the stationary beam has a T-shaped transverse cross section and has a horizontal wall and a vertical wall projecting downward from a widthwise central portion of the horizontal wall; front and rear side edge portions of the horizontal wall of the stationary beam are fixed to the corresponding side walls of the two rails; and the lamps are attached to a lower portion of the vertical wall of the stationary beam.

7. The lighting apparatus for raising natural lawn grass according to claim 5 , wherein
two rail-side side guide rollers whose rotational center lines are parallel to a vertical direction and which roll along side surfaces of the vertical wall of the movable beam to thereby guide the movable beam are attached to the upper surfaces of the two inward projection walls of the rail to be located at positions which correspond to the advancement direction forward end portion of the movable beam and are shifted from the rail-side guide rollers, and the vertical wall of the movable beam is sandwiched between the two rail-side side guide rollers; and
beam-side side guide rollers whose rotational center lines are parallel to the vertical direction and which roll along the two side walls of the rail to thereby guide the movable bea

Assignees

• Showa Denko Kk
• Sekishin Denki Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ogata Hiroshi
• Jogan Shigetoshi
• Ishitaka Kouichi

Classifications

• Y02P60/149

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F21V21/22 Primary

  telescopic · CPC title

• A01G20/30

  Apparatus for treating the lawn or grass surface (machines for aerating lawns A01B45/02) · CPC title

• A01G7/045

  with electric lighting · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title