Patent ID: 7178773
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
1. A device for mounting a lamp on a stationary support, the device comprising: a housing defining first and second nonparallel axes; first pivot means on the housing for securing the housing to the support for pivoting of the housing on the support about the first axis; second pivot means on the housing for securing the lamp on the housing for pivoting thereon about the second axis; first brake means on the housing displaceable between a rest position freeing the housing to rotate on the support about the first axis and a holding position preventing the housing from rotating on the support about the first axis; second brake means on the housing displaceable between a rest position freeing the lamp to rotate on the housing about the second axis and a holding position preventing the lamp from rotating on the housing about the second axis; and operating means including a single actuating element on the housing and connected to both of the brake means for jointly displacing same between the rest and holding positions.