Patents by Inventor Jerold Tickner

Jerold Tickner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Lighting apparatus
    Patent number: 5377086
    Abstract: A lighting system employs luminaires having reflectors with a fluorescent lamp support frame at the base end of the inside of the reflector. The support frame includes a plurality of extensions for holding the bases of compact fluorescent lamps arranged in a general star configuration around the center line of the reflector. The extensions are at an angle to cause the compact fluorescent lamps to follow the outwardly-flared inside surface of the reflector. A system of luminaires then provides a substantially uniform volume of light in a facility due to the patterns of overlapping light contributed by the individual luminaires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Sportlite, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerold A. Tickner
  • Lighting apparatus
    Patent number: 5355290
    Abstract: A lighting system employs luminaires having reflectors with a fluorescent lamp support frame at the base end of the inside of the reflector. The support frame includes a plurality of extensions for holding the bases of compact fluorescent lamps arranged in a general star configuration around the center line of the reflector. The extensions are at an angle to cause the compact fluorescent lamps to follow the outwardly-flared inside surface of the reflector. A system of luminaires then provides a substantially uniform volume of light in a facility due to the patterns of overlapping light contributed by the individual luminaires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Sportlite, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerold A. Tickner
  • Lighting apparatus
    Patent number: 5197798
    Abstract: A conversion replacement apparatus for HID screw-in mercury vapor, metal halide or high or low pressure sodium lamps utilizes the reflector typically employed with such lamps. The HID lamp is removed from the reflector. A fluorescent lamp support frame then is attached to the base end of the inside of the reflector to extend to a point substantially one-fourth to one-half of the distance between the base end and the light-emitting end of the reflector. The support includes a plurality of extensions for holding the bases of compact fluorescent lamps arranged in a general star configuration around the center line of the reflector. The extensions are bent at an angle to cause the compact fluorescent lamps to follow the outwardly-flared inside surface of the reflector. Ballasts for the lamps are located in a housing attached to the base end of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Sportlite, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerold A. Tickner