Patent ID: 8814221

Claim:
An apparatus for use in a pivoting pole assembly, the pivoting pole assembly comprising (a) an elongate object including a base element and a support element and (b) an item mounted to the support element at a remote end of the support element relative to the base element, the apparatus comprising: a first component defining a first central wiring passage, and comprising a first outside face, the first outside face adapted for connection with at least one of the support element and the base element of the elongate object, and a first inside face; and a second component defining a second central wiring passage, and comprising a second outside face, the second outside face adapted for connection with at least the other of a the support element and the base element of the elongate object, and a second inside face rotationally coupled to the first inside face such that the first central wiring passage and the second central wiring passage are fluidly connected; and the first component rotates with respect to the second component about a common axis of rotation; a grounding strap electrically coupling the first component and the second component; and an annular locking mechanism configured to hold the first component immobile with respect to the second component, wherein the annular locking mechanism comprises: one or more arcuate channels, defined by the second component, the channels located a radial distance from the common axis of rotation and extending from the second inside face to the second outside face of the second component, each channel comprising a first channel end and a second channel end; and one or more protrusions extending from the first component and extending into the one or more channels such that, upon rotation of the second component with respect to the first component, each of the protrusions travels along one of the one or more channels, and a range of relative rotation of the second component with respect to the first component is defined by the length of the channels.