Michael D Helms

US Patent:

D3651665, Dec 12, 1995

Filed:

Aug 29, 1994

Appl. No.:

D/025884

Inventors:

William F. Harris - Monroe NC
Michael R. Helms - Monroe NC

Assignee:

W. F. Harris Lighting Inc. - Monroe NC

US Classification:

D26 68

US Patent:

D3519210, Oct 25, 1994

Filed:

Jul 2, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/908022

Inventors:

William F. Harris - Monroe NC
Michael R. Helms - Monroe NC

Assignee:

W.F. Harris Lighting, Inc. - Monroe NC

US Classification:

D26 68

US Patent:

54146070, May 9, 1995

Filed:

Jul 19, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/093457

Inventors:

William F. Harris - Charlotte NC
Michael R. Helms - Charlotte NC

Assignee:

W.F. Harris Lighting, Inc. - Monroe NC

International Classification:

F21V 2100
F21V 2300

US Classification:

362362

Abstract:

An outdoor ground-supported light fixture having a non-conductive hollow staff and having a lower end for disposition in the ground and an upper end where electrical conductor elements are received by the lower end into the staff and where the electrical conductor elements exit the staff from the upper end is disclosed. The light fixture also includes a shade unit having a non-conductive wiring compartment integral therewith. The unit has a top end and a bottom end with the wiring compartment located at the bottom end of the unit. The bottom end of the unit is for connection with the upper end of the staff. The compartment has a base with an aperture therein for receiving the electrical conductor elements from the upper end of the staff through the aperture. The compartment has a lamp receiving device devised for connecting a lamp to the electrical conductor elements.