Patent ID: 6099139
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: A63B,F21S,F21V,F21W

Abstract:
Landscape lighting comprising:a shaft excavated in a around surface, the shaft having a ground level access opening;a plurality of telescopically connected tubular sections forming a telescopic pole assembly including a base section at a first end of the telescopic pole assembly, a lamp support section at a second end of the telescopic pole assembly and at least one intermediate section disposed between the base section and the lamp support section, the telescopic pole assembly being movable between a telescopically extended position and a retracted position, the base section being anchored within the shaft, the entire telescopic pole assembly fitting within the shaft when in the retracted position, the at least one intermediate section and the lamp support section rising out of the shaft when in the telescopically extended position;a light fixture mounted to the lamp support section;means for moving the telescopic pole assembly from the retracted position to the telescopically extended position;a first access opening cover being mounted to a remote end of the lamp support section above the light fixture, such that the first access opening cover serves as a ground level closure for the access opening when the telescopic pole assembly is in the retracted position; anda second access opening cover being mounted to the at least one intermediate section, and internal stop means are provided around a periphery of the access opening, such that the second access opening cover is raised by the at least one intermediate section to engage the internal stop means, thereby serving as a ground level closure for the access opening when the telescopic pole assembly is in the telescopically extended position, and the second access opening cover having a maintenance access hatch.