Patent ID: 8690715

Claim:
A lighting system for use in combination with a basketball backboard device mounted on a pole, said lighting system comprising: a plurality of lighting devices positioned adjacent said basketball backboard device said lighting devices comprising: a housing; a connector connected to said housing; a first light source within said housing, a lens and a light filter operatively connected to said housing, said lens focusing lines defined by said light filter on an activity surface, said first light source being positioned to project said lines on to said activity surface, said lines defining a foul lane for a basketball court, said connector connecting said housing to said pole supporting said basketball backboard device; and a secondary light source on said housing, said secondary light source being positioned to simultaneously illuminate a backboard of said basketball backboard device while said first light source proiects said lines through said lens and said light filter, and said lines from said first light source combining together on said activity surface to the define an area for a basketball game.