Floodlight

Claim 2

A floodlight, comprising a housing having a window therein, an electrical socket mounted in the housing to receive a lamp, a lamp having a line source of light received within the socket, a concave reflector having an open end, and means mounting the reflector in the housing for swinging about an axis generally perpendicular to the line source of light of the lamp and between different positions on the side of the lamp opposite the window, said reflector curving about the opposite sides of the lamp so as to dispose the opposite side edges of said reflector between the window and a plane which is parallel to the window and passes through the line source of light of the lamp, and the lamp extending freely through the open end of the reflector in all positions of said reflector.

Claim 3

A floodlight of the character defined in claim 1, wherein the line source of light of the lamp coincides with the axis about which the reflector swings.

Claim 4

A floodlight of the character defined in claim 2, wherein the axis about which the reflector swings intersects the mean point of the line source of light of the lamp.

Claim 5

A floodlight, comprising a housing having end walls, side walls extending between the end walls, and a window in one of said side walls, an electrical socket mounted in the housing to receive a lamp, a lamp having a line source of light received within the socket, a concave reflector having an open end, pins on the end walls of the housing extending along an axis generally perpendicular to the line source of light of the lamp, and an arm pivotally connecting an upper edge of each opposite open end of the reflector to the pin on the adjacent end wall of the housing, said arms extending between the reflector and housing to mount the reflector for swinging about the axes of said pins between different positions on the side of the lamp opposite the window, said reflector curving about the opposite sides of the lamp so as to dispose the opposite side edges of said reflector between the window and a plane which is parallel to the window and passes through the line source of light of the lamp, and the lamp extending freely through the open end of the reflector in all positions of said reflector.

Claim 6

A floodlight, comprising a housing having end walls, side walls extending between the end walls, and a window in one of said side walls, an electrical socket mounted in the housing to receive a lamp, a lamp having a line source of light received within the socket, a concave reflector having an open end, pins on the end walls of the housing extending along an axis generally perpendicular to the line source of light of the lamp, and an arm pivotally connecting an upper edge of each opposite open end of the reflector to the pin on the adjacent end wall of the housing, said arms extending between the reflector and housing to mount the reflector for swinging about the axes of said pins between different positions on the side of the lamp opposite the window, said reflector curving about the opposite sides of the lamp so as to dispose the opposite side edges of said reflector between the window and a plane which is parallel to the window and passes through the line source of light of the lamp, and the lamp extending freely through the open end of the reflector in all positions of said reflector.

Claim 7

A floodlight of the character defined in claim 4, wherein one end of each arm is fixed to the reflector, and the other end thereof is inwardly flexible for removably fitting over the end of its pin.

Claim 8

A floodlight of the character defined in claim 5, wherein the end of one pin is threaded, and a nut is received over the end, when the flexible end of one arm is fitted thereover, so as to tightly engage said flexible end against the adjacent end of the housing and thereby lock said reflector in a fixed position.