Light fixture

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a floodlight housing showing my new design, with the broken line shown for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the floodlight housing of FIG. 1 without the broken line;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the floodlight housing of FIG. 1 without the broken line;

FIG. 4 is a right elevational view of the floodlight housing of FIG. 1 with the broken line; the left elevational view is a mirror image;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof with the broken line;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof with the broken line; and

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a floodlight housing showing my new design, with the broken line shown for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the floodlight housing of FIG. 8 without the broken line portion; and,

FIG. 10 is a right elevational view thereof with the broken line; the left elevational view is a mirror image.

The rear elevational view and the top and bottom plan views of the embodiment of FIG. 8 are identical to FIGS. 5, 6 and 7.

A characteristic feature of the design resides in the overall "D"-shaped outline of the fixture such as seen most readily in the top and bottom plan views of FIGS. 6 and 7 and the perspective views of FIGS. 1 and 8.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D114805 May 1939 Brooks
D214938 August 1969 Pettingill
D251930 May 22, 1979 Didone
Other references
  • Grainger General Catalog No. 380, p. 766, 1991. American Electic promotional literature, pp. 4, 5, 11, 1985. Regent Lighting promotional literature, pp. 21, 23, 24, prior to Jul. 1997. Intelectron promotional literature, pp. 13-15, prior to Jul. 1997.
Patent History
Patent number: D435307
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 28, 1997
Date of Patent: Dec 19, 2000
Assignee: Desa Patent Holdings Corporation (Bowling Green, KY)
Inventor: Donald R. Sandell (San Jose, CA)
Primary Examiner: Susan J. Lucas
Law Firm: Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
Application Number: 0/74,174