Patent Application
20160258604
The disclosure relates to light installation devices and more particularly pertains to a new light installation device for facilitating removal and installation of LED type lights into can light housings in an elevated position.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a collar having a first end. The first end is open wherein the collar is configured for receiving an extension pole into the first end. A plate is coupled to a second end of the collar. The plate has a planar upper surface. Each of a plurality of projections is coupled to and extends outwardly from the upper surface of the plate wherein the projections are configured for extending through gaps in a heat sink portion of an LED light when the LED light rests on the upper surface of the plate.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A coupler 38 may be provided having a pair of threaded end sections 40 in the manner of a nipple. The second end 20 of the collar 12 is open and threaded wherein the coupler 38 is couplable to the second end 20 of the collar 12. A central aperture 42 extends into a bottom surface 44 of the plate 18. The central aperture 42 is threaded wherein the coupler 38 is couplable to the plate 18 such that the plate 18 is also coupled to the collar 12. The central aperture 42 extends fully through the plate 18 and an end face 46 of the coupler 38 is flush with the upper surface 44 of the plate 18. A medial section 48 of the coupler 38 has a plurality of planar faces 50 parallel to a longitudinal axis of the coupler 38 wherein a cross-sectional shape of the medial section 48 transverse to the longitudinal axis is polygonal.
A locking member 52 is coupled to the collar 12. The locking member 52 is extendable through a wall 56 of the collar and into a cavity formed by the open first end 14 wherein the locking member 52 is configured to secure the collar 12 to the extension pole 16. The locking member 52 may be a thumbscrew or the like.
In use, the projections 24 are inserted into the gaps 26 and the extension pole 16 is rotated to remove or install the LED light 30 in an elevated position. The projections 24 engage the LED light 30 within an outer perimeter of the LED light 30 wherein the device 10 facilitates installation and removal of the LED light 30 from can type light housings.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
