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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
May. 10, 1997
Charles A McCarthy, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Gabriel Pasko, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
Kenall Manufacturing Co., Gurnee, IL (US);
Abstract
There is described a multi-configurational, multi-functional electrical lighting fixture for high-abuse application and structured for surface mounting. The fixture includes a lens of U.V. stabilized, high impact-resistant, injection molded polycarbonate plastics, integrally formed with two selective, separate and distinct, high-performance reflector/refractor surface systems carried by the single lens, as separate zonal areas. The first system generates a long and narrow 'throw', and the second system a short and wide 'throw'. A molded, opaque 'eyelid' provides optimum lamp shielding and controls light distribution. The lens surmounts a lens base to which it is secured by means of unique internal, integrally-molded lugs received in cooperating hook-shaped slots. An 0-ring gasket establishes a water-tight seal. Unlocking of the assembly is deterred by means of a single, tamper-resistant screw. The lens base is mounted on a deep casting, with or without an interposed cast aluminum baseplate. Alternatively, the lens base may be mounted directly on the cast aluminum baseplate, without the deep casting, to provide a low-profile fixture structure.