Patent ID: 11859799
Assignee: BARN LIGHT ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A connection assembly, comprising:
a stem having a longitudinal stem-bore, an end-portion of the stem defining a stem-opening extending from the longitudinal stem-bore, the end-portion of the stem comprising a cylindrical wall having an internal threaded-stem segment traversing a portion of the longitudinal stem-bore, the internal threaded-stem segment having a single-thread diameter;
a bottom connector configured to engage the stem, the bottom connector having a top-end portion, the bottom connector comprising:
a longitudinal connector-bore traversing an entire axial-length of the bottom connector;
an external threaded-connector segment, the external threaded-connector segment comprising an external surface of the top-end portion of the bottom connector, the external threaded-connector segment of the bottom connector configured to engage the internal threaded-stem segment of the stem;
a nut formed adjacent to the external threaded-connector segment of the bottom connector, the nut having a first external-diameter and a second external-diameter, the first external-diameter less than the second external-diameter, the nut configured to engage an aperture in a light fixture shade, the nut having a nut-shape corresponding to an aperture-shape of the aperture in the light fixture shade; and,
a bottom ring formed adjacent to the nut, the bottom ring having a ring-diameter greater than the second external-diameter of the nut, an upper-surface of the bottom ring configured to be coupled to an interior surface of the light fixture shade adjacent to the aperture in the light fixture shade, the bottom ring having a bottom-opening configured to extend to a cavity within the light fixture shade;

a top connector configured to engage the bottom connector, the top connector having an internal threaded-connector segment configured to engage at least a portion of the external threaded-connector segment of the bottom connector, a bottom-side of the top connector configured to be coupled to an exterior surface of the light fixture shade adjacent to the aperture in the light fixture shade; and,
wherein either:
(a) the external threaded-connector segment of the bottom connector comprises a bottom-segment and a top-segment, the bottom-segment and the top-segment having different diameters, wherein the bottom-segment of the external threaded-connector segment is configured to engage the internal threaded-connector segment of the top connector, and wherein the top-segment of the external threaded-connector segment is configured to engage the internal threaded-stem segment of the stem; or
(b) the external threaded-connector segment of the bottom connector has a single-thread diameter, the internal threaded-connector segment of the top connector having a diameter equal to the single-thread diameter of the internal threaded-stem segment.