Patent ID: 9642336
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A01K,F21L,F21S,F21V

Claim:
1. A lighting apparatus for illuminating an animal, comprising: a livestock grooming stand or chute having a platform on which said animal is disposed; a lamp assembly including a housing open on one face thereof to define a well in which is received a lighting fixture, and a bracket mechanism affixed to a base of said housing, said bracket mechanism including a first tubular section affixed to said housing and terminating in a first U-shaped bracket, and a second tubular section slidably received within said first tubular section and terminating in a second U-shaped bracket, the second tubular section being slidably adjustable with respect to said first tubular section adjust a separation distance of said first and second U-shaped brackets; and a lamp assembly support structure that engages the first and second U-shaped brackets of said bracket mechanism to suspend said lamp assembly over said platform of said livestock grooming stand or chute, with said lighting fixture directing light downward toward the animal disposed on said platform, where said lamp assembly support structure includes a first support arm extending parallel to said platform above said animal disposed on said platform and a hangar assembly mounted on said first support arm, said hangar assembly including first and second oppositely extending arms with tubular stub elements that engage said first and second U-shaped brackets of said bracket mechanism.