Light hanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9468288-B2
Application number	US-201514871811-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Feb 8, 2011
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

A modular portable light hanger that can be quickly and easily assembled and disassembled to a tray stand by one person without using any tools or hardware, each corner of the stand preferably interconnecting with a light hanger corner pole, and the four corner poles interconnecting with perimeter poles forming a substantially rectangular or square perimeter across which cross-wise equipment/light hanger poles are toolessly attached, providing cross members over the tray stand growing area from which equipment such as light fixtures, air moving fans, ducting, etc. may by suspended.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A modular portable light hanger for use with a modular portable tray stand, comprising:
(a) four corner poles;
(b) four perimeter poles interconnectable with the top ends of said corner poles by hand and without the need for tools or hardware;
(c) at least one equipment bearing pole extending between two of said four perimeter poles, the equipment bearing pole interconnectable with said perimeter poles by hand and without the need for tools or hardware;
(d) four corner adapters, each having a dowel directed downward and insertable into an open end of a tubular receiver of a tray stand corner joint, at least one surface extending parallel to said dowel for engagement with an exterior surface of said tubular receiver, and a corner pole receiver directed opposite said dowel and sized to receive insertion of a lower end of one of said corner poles, said corner adapters interconnectable with said corner poles by hand and without the need for tools or hardware.

2. The light hanger of claim 1 wherein said corner poles, perimeter poles, and at least one equipment bearing pole comprise round tubular metal poles of the same diameter.

3. The light hanger of claim 1 wherein said poles and adapters are repeatably interconnectable for repeatable assembly and disassembly by hand and without the need for tools or hardware.

4. The light hanger of claim 1 wherein said dowel has a diamond shaped cross section and is sized to snugly and rotatingly securely insert into square tubular material used for said tubular receiver of said tray stand corner joint.

5. The light hanger of claim 1 further comprising a tray stand having four legs and four sides, said four legs and four sides being interconnectable for repeatable assembly and disassembly by hand and without the need for tools or hardware.

Assignees

• Ip Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Hargreaves Doug

Classifications

• A47B13/021

  Fastening devices of the feet or legs (A47B13/023 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47B87/02

  stackable {; stackable and linkable (by means of separate corner elements being in common with both the vertical and horizontal parts, e.g. corner bars for panels, nodes for rods A47B47/0016, A47B47/0025)} · CPC title

• Y10T29/49895

  Associating parts by use of aligning means [e.g., use of a drift pin or a "fixture"] · CPC title

• F16B12/52

  Metal leg connections (F16B12/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16B7/0486

  forming an abutting connection of at least one tube · CPC title