Light fixture

Claim 2

A lighting fixture comprising, in combination, a housing having a first wall and a second wall, said walls being spaced and parallel to each other and having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, each aperture in the first wall confronting an aperture in the second wall, the housing having a shell mounted on the first and second walls outwardly of the apertures therein to form a closed chamber, a chandelier arm rotatably disposed in each aperture in the first wall and traversing the chamber of the housing and rotatably extending through each aperture of the second wall, each of the chandelier arms being hollow and having an orifice extending through the portion thereof disposed within the housing, a light source mounted on each of the chandelier arms, each light source being electrical and including electric wires which extend through the associated chandelier arm and the orifice therein into the closed chamber of the housing, said wires being electrically interconnected within the chamber of the housing in multiple electrical circuits, and support means for the lighting fixture operatively associated with the housing.

Claim 3

A lighting fixture comprising the combination of claim 1 wherein the first wall has an opening therein inwardly of the apertures and a coupler is disposed within the opening having threads, the support means having a member threadedly engaging the coupler, said member being a hollow stem and the electrical wires extending from the closed chamber of the housing through the hollow stem.

Claim 4

A lighting fixture comprising the combination of claim 1 wherein the first wall has an opening therein inwardly of the apertures and a coupler is disposed within the opening having threads, the support means having a member threadedly engaging the coupler.

Claim 5

A lighting fixture comprising the combination of claim 3 wherein the second wall has a second opening therein inwardly of the apertures and a second coupler is disposed within the opening having threads, the support means having two portions of a post for supporting an overhead object, one portion threadedly engaging the first coupler and the second portion threadedly engaging the second coupler.

Claim 6

A lighting fixture comprising the combination of claim 3 wherein the apertures in the first and second wall are spaced from each other in a circle coaxially with the opening in the first wall, the member of the support means being an elongated stem extending outwardly on the axis of the circle, in combination with a disc having a cylindrical periphery provided with a plurality of recesses equAl in number to the arms and equally spaced about the periphery of the disc, each recess being adapted to wedge about one of the arms, said disc having a central opening slidably disposed about the elongated stem and engaging each of the arms within a different recess thereof.

Claim 7

A lighting fixture comprising the combination of claim 3 wherein the coupler extends outwardly from the first wall, and an elastomer ring is disposed about each of the arms adjacent to the first wall, each ring engaging the confronting surface of the coupler.

Claim 8

A lighting fixture comprising, in combination, a housing having a cylindrical shell and an upper and a lower circular plate mounted on opposite ends of the shell and extending thereacross to form a closed chamber within the housing, the upper plate and the lower plate having a central circular opening extending therethrough, an upper hollow inwardly threaded cylindrical coupler having one end mounted in the opening in the upper plate and extending coaxially outwardly from the shell, a lower hollow inwardly threaded cylindrical coupler having one end mounted in the opening in the lower plate and extending coaxially outwardly from the shell, an even number of equally spaced apertures disposed through the upper plate about the opening thereof, and an equal number of equally spaced apertures disposed through the lower plate about the opening thereof, each of the apertures of the upper plate being disposed on an axis parallel to the axis of the shell and passing through an aperture of the lower plate, a chandelier arm of a first type mounted in every other aperture of the upper plate and the confronting aperture of the lower plate, said arms of the first type having a 180* bend extending from the lower plate and a bend through a greater angle than 180* extending from the upper plate, said arms carrying a light source at the end thereof adjacent to the 180* bend having a tubular portion disposed parallel to the axis of the shell, a chandelier arm of a second type mounted in each other aperture of the upper plate and confronting aperture of the lower plate, said arms of the second type having a 180* bend extending from the lower plate and a bend in the reverse direction from said bend through a lesser angle extending from the upper plate, the end of the arm of a second type adjacent to the upper plate being disposed on an axis parallel to the axis of the shell, said arms of the second type carrying a light source at both ends thereof having a tubular portion disposed parallel to the axis of the shell, the arms of the first and second type being rotatably disposed within the apertures in the upper and lower plates.

Claim 9

A lighting fixture comprising, in combination, a housing having a cylindrical shell and an upper and a lower circular plate mounted on opposite ends of the shell and extending thereacross to form a closed chamber within the housing, the upper plate and the lower plate having a central circular opening extending therethrough, an upper hollow inwardly threaded cylindrical coupler having one end mounted in the opening in the upper plate and extending coaxially outwardly from the shell, a lower hollow inwardly threaded cylindrical coupler having one end mounted in the opening in the lower plate and extending coaxially outwardly from the shell, an even number of equally spaced apertures disposed through the upper plate about the opening thereof, and an equal number of equally spaced apertures disposed through the lower plate about the opening thereof, each of the apertures of the upper plate being disposed on an axis parallel to the axis of the shell and passing through an aperture of the lower plate, a chandelier arm of a first type mounted in every other aperture of the upper plate and the confronting aperture of the lower plate, said arms of the first type having a 180* bend extending from the lower plate and a bend through a greater angle than 180* extending from the upper plate, said arms carrying a light source at the end thereof adjacent to the 180* bend having a tubular portion disposed parallel to the axis of the shell, a chandelier arm of a second type mounted in each other aperture of the upper plate and confronting aperture of the lower plate, said arms of the second type having a 180* bend extending from the lower plate and a bend in the reverse direction from said bend through a lesser angle extending from the upper plate, the end of the arm of a second type adjacent to the upper plate being disposed on an axis parallel to the axis of the shell, said arms of the second type carrying a light source at both ends thereof having a tubular portion disposed parallel to the axis of the shell, the arms of the first and second type being rotatably disposed within the apertures in the upper and lower plates.

Claim 10

A lighting fixture comprising the combination of claim 7 in combination with an upper ornamental elongated stem having a protruding threaded stub at one end threadedly disposed within the upper coupler, and a disc having a central opening disposed translatably about the upper ornamental stem, said disc having equally spaced peripheral recesses equal in number to the first and second types of chandelier arms, each recess being adapted to wedge about one of the chandelier arms, whereby the disc maintains the chandelier arms in fixed angular relation to each other.