Patents Assigned to Lighting Products, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6840648
    Abstract: A connector for glow sticks having first and second engaging members for engaging first and second ends of a glow stick. Positioned above the engaging members is a display area for the display of advertising or other information. The engaging members are typically shaped to fit the generally cylindrical glow stick. The ends of the glow stick are inserted into the engaging members, allowing the glow stick to function as a necklace or bracelet while displaying advertising, for example the logo of the sponsor of an event the user is attending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Northern Light Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bryant, Greg Dombowsky
  • Patent number: 6676281
    Abstract: A rail lighting system includes an adapter having contact members with elongated portions. A body having an opening for a rail receives the contacts such that the elongated portions extend adjacent the rail. A wedge includes members that engage the contacts to urge the elongated portions toward the rail. The wedge is secured to a cap that threadedly engages the body. The rail includes at least one conductor in opposite end portions of the rail with respect to its depth. The conductors of the rail may include a single conductor or, alternatively conductors on opposite sides of the rail. A lighting fixture spring clip includes sets of opposite tangs including a first set having V-shaped end portions to engage a notched lamp base and a second set having curved end portions for engaging an enclosure barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Sea Gull Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Bray, Stefano Caposecco, Andrzej Duljas
  • Patent number: 6606808
    Abstract: An emergency exit sign includes a support assembly which permits rotation of lighting heads, about an upright axis, through an angle greater than 180°. A freely rotatable joint element is used to maintain the lighting heads, in cooperation with mating facets, in various positions without the need for mechanical fasteners. The lighting heads are also attached to a snap connector which, enables the lighting head to be shifted about an arcuate axis, as well as rotated about a still further axis which is substantially perpendicular to the upright axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Best Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey S. Katz
  • Patent number: 6309085
    Abstract: A lamp support comprises a plurality of attachment ends affixed to a bottom surface of a base member to attach the base member of the lamp support to a stationary object, preferably, an emergency exit sign. A pair of stems, equipped with a pair of engaging members at one end, extend from an upper surface of the base members. The engaging members face each other at one end. The engaging members include a plurality of flexible teeth that interface with a plurality of rotational faces located in a pair of rotational apertures located in a housing. The housing is attached to the pair of stems by the engaging member, enabling the housing to rotate 360 degrees on an axis created by the stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Best Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Alvin Katz, Richard Melbourne Haughton
  • Patent number: 5955847
    Abstract: The illumination intensity of a fluorescent lamp which has cathodes and an ionizable medium separating the cathodes is controlled by a method in which the lamp is ignited once during each half-cycle of applied AC current and is thereafter extinguished during that same half-cycle. The lamp is ignited by creating and applying an ignition voltage pulse of a magnitude greater than a characteristic operating voltage of the ionizable medium between the lamp cathodes. The lamp is extinguished by reducing the voltage between the cathodes to a value less than the operating voltage, at a point prior to a zero crossing of the applied AC current half-cycle in which the lamp was illuminated. Because the extinguishing point occurs prior to the end of the applied AC current half-cycle, the illumination intensity is reduced during each half cycle. The characteristics of the ignition pulse reliably ignite the lamp, thereby allowing extinguishing control on a half-cycle by half-cycle basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Beacon Light Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan E. Rothenbuhler
  • Patent number: 5861720
    Abstract: A power control circuit achieves a relatively smooth turn-on conduction transition characteristic and a relatively low power consumption. A controlled transition circuit conducts current to a load when in a fully conductive state. The transition circuit transitions from a non-conductive state to the fully conductive state over a predetermined amount of time to limit the di/dt and the interference signals generated by the di/dt. A low forward voltage conduction circuit also conducts current to the load in a conductive state and diverts current to the transition circuit when in a non-conductive state. The conduction circuit creates a second predetermined voltage across the terminals when in the conductive state which is substantially less than the first predetermined voltage to reduce the power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Beacon Light Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5861721
    Abstract: A switching module having a switching circuit which achieves a relatively smooth turn-on conduction transition characteristic and a relatively low power consumption. A controlled transition circuit conducts current to between two of its three terminals when in a fully conductive state. The transition circuit transitions from a non-conductive state to the fully conductive state over a predetermined amount of time to limit the di/dt and the interference signals generated by the di/dt. A low forward voltage conduction circuit also conducts current to the load in a conductive state and diverts current to the transition circuit when in a non-conductive state. The conduction circuit creates a second predetermined voltage across the terminals when in the conductive state which is substantially less than the first predetermined voltage to reduce the power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Beacon Light Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel A. Johnson
  • Patent number: D438322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Lumenworks Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Skradski, Gary L. Cross
  • Patent number: D440336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Best Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Alvin Katz, Richard Melbourne Haughton
  • Patent number: D445523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Lumenworks Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Skradski, Gary L. Cross
  • Patent number: D450150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Lumenworks Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Skradski, Gary L. Cross
  • Patent number: D451618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Lumenworks Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Skradski, Gary L. Cross
  • Patent number: D451619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Lumenworks Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Skradski, Gary L. Cross
  • Patent number: D454193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Sea Gull Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy J. Jones, Dennis D. Davenport
  • Patent number: D525699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Sea Gull Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis D. Davenport, Jimmy J. Jones
  • Patent number: D468047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Exciting Lighting Products Inc.
    Inventor: Louis A. Lara
  • Patent number: D473006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Exciting Lighting Products Inc.
    Inventor: Louis A. Lara
  • Patent number: D486924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Lumenworks Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Skradski, Gary L. Cross
  • Patent number: D417437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Best Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Il Kim
  • Patent number: D422565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Best Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Il Kim