Patent ID: 6580361
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: F21V,F21W

Abstract:
An integrated outdoor lighting and sound systems comprising in combination:a plurality of low-voltage AC or DC-powered outdoor landscaping lighting units; a wiring cable comprising two-conductors interconnecting said plurality of low-voltage AC or DC-powered outdoor landscaping lighting units; a source of low-voltage AC or DC electrical energy connected to said two-conductors of said wiring cable for supplying AC or DC voltage to said low-voltage AC or DC-powered outdoor landscaping lighting units; and a plurality of speaker assemblies, each of said speaker assemblies including a speaker, an audio amplifier for amplifying sound to said speaker, said audio amplifier having two leads respectively electrically connected to said two-conductors of said wiring cable, and a battery storage means having two leads respectively electrically connected to said two-conductors of said wiring cable for storing said AC or DC energy therefrom when said source of low voltage AC or DC energy is supplied to said two conductors of said wiring cable to power said low-voltage AC or DC-powered outdoor landscaping lighting units, and for supplying stored electrical energy to said audio amplifier when said AC or DC energy is not being supplied to said low-voltage AC or DC-powered outdoor landscaping lighting units.