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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Connie a Steadman, Taylors, SC (US);
Kevin W. Lawter, Chesnee, SC (US);
Craig D. Wright, Moore, SC (US);
Connie A Steadman, Taylors, SC (US);
Kevin W. Lawter, Chesnee, SC (US);
Craig D. Wright, Moore, SC (US);
Hubbell Incorporated, Orange, CT (US);
Abstract
A lighting assembly comprising a socket member having a substantially tubular wall defining a cavity therein and a reflector having a first substantially tubular section telescopically received within the socket member side wall. The reflector includes first and second recesses in the first tubular section wherein the first recess is located at a first distance from an end of the first tubular section and the second recess is located at a second distance, greater than the first distance, from an end of the first tubular section. The lighting assembly includes a resilient or spring-biased member, such as a leaf spring, coupled to the socket member extending into the cavity wherein the socket member and reflector are adapted to be coupled together at first and second different positions with the first resilient member being receivable in the first recess in the first position and the first resilient member being receivable in the second recess in the second position.