Patent ID: 7455428
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: F21S,F21V

Abstract:
1. A multi-position luminaire having a hinged lens with a movable gasket contacting an interior side wall of the luminaire, comprising: a luminaire having a luminaire housing enclosing a light source, said light source surrounded by a reflector; a lens frame surrounding a lens hingedly connected to said housing, said lens frame abutting a lower edge of a housing wall; and a gasket on a peripheral edge of said lens frame and moveable with said frame about a hinge axis and having a first sealing member compressed between said lens frame and said lower edge of said housing and having a second sealing member of a plurality of outwardly extending fingers extending in the same direction as said first sealing member and frictionally engaging the interior side wall of said housing when said hinged lens frame is closed; said lens frame and said gasket moveable about said hinge for repeated sealing of said lens frame to said housing and maintaining a sealing environment within said housing.