Patent ID: 6152426
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: F16M,F21V

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a cylindrical telescoping pole providing at a distal end thereof, a means for attachment thereto and at a proximal end thereof, a means for supporting the apparatus from a fixture, and further at the proximal end thereof, a cable winding and storing means;a cable engaged at one end thereof with the cable winding and storing means and engaged at the other end thereof with the distal end of the telescoping pole, the cable being played out of the cable winding and storing means and fed through an interior space of the telescoping pole;a pulley rotatably fastened to the telescoping pole and positioned for directing the cable from the cable winding and storing means to the distal end of the telescoping pole; anda cable feeding and takeup means engaged with the cable winding and storing means such that manual rotation of the cable feeding and takeup means in a first rotational sense plays out the cable from the cable winding and storing means, the telescoping pole thereby extending in length through gravitational force, and such that manual rotation of the cable feeding and takeup means in a counter rotational sense draws the cable onto the cable winding and storing means the telescoping pole thereby retracting in length.