US4445163A
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Boat light, especially for transom mounting
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-04-26
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Granted: 1984-04-24
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Expires: 2002-04-26
Abstract
Abstract A boat light is especially adapted to be mounted upon the transom or stern of a cabin cruiser, speedboat, small yacht, or the like. A holder for a lamp unit has a spherically curved outer surface engaging a complementary inner surface of a housing attachable to the hull of the boat. The holder is universally adjustable to selected angular positions of adjustment relative to the housing. In a typical adjustment, the beam of the lamp unit may be projected horizontally despite the inclination of the transom from the vertical. In the selected position of adjustment, the tightening of screws by which the device is assembled and mounted on the transom is effective to preserve the lamp unit holder adjustment. This occurs when a shield closing the inner end of the housing is caused to bear against a rearwardly projecting surface of the holder. The holder, or at least the shield-engaging surface thereof, is of a deformable material. The shield, when the screws are tightened, deforms and flattens the holder material to bind the holder frictionally against the shield, thus to preserve the selected adjustment.
Inventors
- 👤 Theodore Ziaylek, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 22:37
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60Q; B60Q1/00; B60Q1/02; B60Q1/04; B60Q1/0483; B60Q1/24; B60Q1/245; B63; B63B; B63B45/00; B63B45/02; F; F21; F21S; F21S41/00; F21S41/20; F21S41/29; F21S41/295; F21S41/50; F21S41/55; F21W; F21W2107/00; F21W2107/20; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/32; Y10T403/32254; Y10T403/32262; Y10T403/32311
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A boat light, especially adapted for mounting on the transom of a boat, comprising: (a) a housing including a skirt having a curved inner surface; (b) a shield closing the housing at one end; (c) a lamp unit holder in the other end of the housing, said holder having an outer surface curved correspondingly to and movably contacting the inner surface of the housing, whereby said holder may be adjusted to selected angular positions relative to the housing; (d) a lamp unit carried by the holder; and (e) means for affixing the housing to the hull of a boat, the shield engaging the holder against movement from each position to which the holder is adjusted, the holder being formed, at least in the area in which it is engaged by the shield, of a material adapted to be compressibly deformed into a tight frictional contact with the shield.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
A boat light, especially adapted for mounting on the transom of a boat, comprising: (a) a housing including a skirt having a curved inner surface; (b) a shield closing the housing at one end; (c) a lamp unit holder in the other end of the housing, said holder having an outer surface curved correspondingly to and movably contacting the inner surface of the housing, whereby said holder may be adjusted to selected angular positions relative to the housing; (d) a lamp unit carried by the holder; and (e) means for affixing the housing to the hull of a boat, the shield engaging the holder against movement from each position to which the holder is adjusted, the holder being formed, at least in the area in which it is engaged by the shield, of a material adapted to be compressibly deformed into a tight frictional contact with the shield.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A boat light as in claim 1 wherein said surfaces of the housing and holder are spherically curved for universal adjustment of the holder within the housing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A boat light as in claim 2 wherein said surfaces of the housing and holder are curved about a common center.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A boat light as in claim 3 wherein said center is located forwardly of the shield.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A boat light as in claim 4 wherein said shield is flat and the center falls on a line perpendicular to the plane in which the shield lies.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A boat light as in claim 5 wherein the housing and shield are circular and said line passes through the center of the shield.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
A boat light as in claim 6 wherein the area of the holder engaged by the shield is curved, in the uncompressed condition of said area, about the same center as said spherically curved surfaces of the holder and housing.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
58 words
A boat light as in claim 7 wherein the center about which said area of the holder is curved is spaced away from the shield a distance less than the radius of the curvature of said area whereby to compressibly deform said area to a flattened condition at the location at which it is engaged by the shield.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
73 words
A boat light as in claim 8 wherein said means for affixing the housing to a boat hull is adapted to be loosened to relieve the engagement between the holder and shield sufficiently to permit said adjustment of the holder, said means when tightened being adapted to draw the holder, shield, and housing together to bind the holder frictionally against the shield and thereby retain the holder in a selected position of adjustment.
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