Patent ID: 6304702
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: E04H,F21V,F21W,G02B,Y10S

Abstract:
A fiber optic pool perimeter lighting system for a pool having a pool wall and a top perimeter comprising a rail mounted on the pool wall, a slot defined by said rail, a light source, a flexible fiber optic cable bundle having an end in substantial axial alignment with said light source, a rail adaptor mounted on said rail, said rail adaptor comprising a U-shaped channel having a base portion and a pair of substantially parallel legs extending upwardly from said base and engaging a front and rear face of said rail, said base portion having at least one locking tongue, a rail insert within said rail adaptor, said rail insert having a first barb received in said slot and interlocking with a second barb defined by said slot, said rail insert having a locking tab interlocking with said locking tongue, said fiber optic cable bundle extending through an aperture in said base portion and having branches extending in opposite directions along said base portion and along the rail beyond said adaptor, each of said branches comprising a plurality of fibers encased in a tube, the branches which extend beyond said adaptor and along said rail having substantially flat tails formed integrally with said tube, said tails being received in said slot.