Lighting fixture with reversible shroud

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11313537-B2
Application number	US-202117219168-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2021
Priority date	Apr 3, 2020
Publication date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed is a lighting fixture with a shroud that can be removed and repositioned on the housing of the lighting fixture. The shroud may have a first end with a first shape and a second end with a second shape that is different than the first shape. The user may reorient the shroud to face one of the two ends away from and at different elevations relative to the lens to provide different shapes to the light emitted from the fixture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light fixture for outdoor installation, comprising:
a light housing having an elongated shape;
a lens located at a top of the light housing and configured to allow a light within the light housing to shine therethrough;
a removable shroud having a wall forming a passage with two openings therethrough; the shroud having a first end forming a first angle relative an axis extending through the passage and two openings, and the shroud having a second end forming a second angle relative to the axis; wherein the first angle is different than the second angle; and
a first elastomeric band disposed around an outside of the light housing; wherein the first elastomeric band has 1) a completely uniform inner surface configured to uniformly engage the outside of the light housing, and 2) an outer surface having a plurality of vertically-extending raised surfaces projecting radially outward, away from the light housing to create areas of increased and decreased thicknesses alternating circumferentially around the first elastomeric band;
wherein the shroud is configured to be positioned such that either the first end or the second end is positioned beyond the top of the light housing.

2. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein the first angle is perpendicular and the second angle is non-perpendicular.

3. The light fixture of claim 2 , wherein the second angle about 45 degrees relative to the axis.

4. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein the first elastomeric band has a thickness between 1 and 3 inches.

5. The light fixture of claim 1 , further comprising a groove located radially around the outer surface of the light housing and which the first elastomeric band is positioned within.

6. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of raised surfaces are configured to create gaps between the shroud and the light housing.

7. The light fixture of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of ridges elevated from an inner surface of the passage of the shroud and extending at least partially between the two openings of the passage.

8. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein the shroud is configured to be positioned around an outer surface of the light housing.

9. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein the shroud is configured to be positioned at least partially within an interior space within the light housing.

10. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of vertically-extending surfaces have a uniform thickness along a vertical direction.

11. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of vertically-extending raised surfaces comprises wave-like shapes, rounded ridges, or vertical grooves.

12. The light fixture of claim 1 , further comprising a second elastomeric band disposed around the outside of the light housing; wherein the second elastomeric band has a plurality of vertically-extending raised surfaces projecting radially outward away from the light housing to create areas of increased and decreased thicknesses alternating circumferentially around the second elastomeric band.

13. A light fixture for outdoor installation, comprising:
a light housing having an elongated shape;
a lens located at a top of the light housing and configured to allow a light within the light housing to shine therethrough;
a removable shroud forming a passage with a first opening and a second opening therethrough; the first opening having a first shape and the second opening having a second shape; and,
a first elastomeric band positioned between the light housing and the shroud; the first elastomeric band having a plurality of vertically-extending raised surfaces that have a uniform thickness along a vertical direction and that create areas of increased and decreased thicknesses circumferentially around the first elastomeric band so as to create a plurality of gaps between the removable shroud and the light housing;
wherein the shroud is configured to be positioned such that either the first opening or the second opening is positioned beyond the top of the light housing.

14. The light fixture of claim 13 , wherein the first opening forms a perpendicular edge relative to a wall of the shroud, and wherein the second opening forms a non-perpendicular edge relative to the wall of the shroud.

15. The light fixture of claim 13 , further comprising a plurality of longitudinal ridges extending between the first opening of the shroud and the second opening of the shroud, within a passage of the shroud.

16. The light fixture of claim 13 , wherein the shroud is sized such that either the first opening or the second opening are positioned level with the top surface of the light housing.

17. The light fixture of claim 13 , wherein the light housing further comprises a radially gap that is open at the top surface of the light housing and sized to accept the shroud at least partially within the gap.

18. The light fixture of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of vertically-extending raised surfaces comprises wave-like shapes, rounded ridges, or vertical grooves.

19. The light fixture of claim 13 , further comprising a second elastomeric band disposed around the outside of the light housing; wherein the second elastomeric band has a plurality of vertically-extending raised surfaces projecting radially outward away from the light housing to create areas of increased and decreased thicknesses circumferentially around the second elastomeric band.

20. A light fixture for outdoor installation, comprising:
a light housing configured to contain a light bulb;
a lens located at a top of the light housing and configured to allow the light bulb within the light housing to shine therethrough;
a shroud configured to mount on the light housing in a first orientation with a first end away from the light housing and in a second orientation with a second end away from the light housing; wherein the first end of the shroud has a first shape and the second end of the shroud has a second shape that is different than the first shape; and,
a first elastomeric band positioned between the light housing and the shroud; the first elastomeric band having a plurality of vertically-extending drainage gaps located around an outer surface of the first elastomeric band, each gap extending between a top of the first elastomeric band and a bottom of the first elastomeric band and positioned between two vertically-extending raised surfaces; wherein the plurality of vertically-extending drainage gaps are configured to allow drainage between the shroud and the light housing.

Assignees

• The Toro Co

Inventors

• Nanninga Peter
• Jones Burnett
• Allen Eden
• Rivera Jorge
• Lee Hyok

Classifications

• F21V15/012 Primary

  Housings with variable shape or dimensions, e.g. by means of elastically deformable materials or by movement of parts forming telescopic extensions of the housing body · CPC title

• F21V21/30

  Pivoted housings or frames · CPC title

• F21V5/04

  of lens shape · CPC title

• F21V1/16

  characterised by the material · CPC title

• F21V15/01

  Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts (F21V15/02 takes precedence {housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04}) · CPC title