Patent ID: 8366301

Claim:
Illuminated bollard adapted to be installed adjacent a loading dock door and to provide illumination into a truck body or trailer positioned at said loading dock door and distally thereof and providing safety signalling visible to an operator proximal of the loading dock door; the illuminated bollard comprising: a vertical tubular rigid body; means affixing a base of said tubular rigid body to a horizontal floor surface; a first window cutout formed at an upper end of said bollard tubular rigid body on a distal-facing side thereof; a second window cutout formed at the upper end of said bollard tubular rigid body on a proximal-facing side thereof; and a lamp assembly disposed within the upper end of said bollard tubular rigid body, and including: (a) a base plate; (b) a directional lamp supported upon said base plate and providing a beam of light oriented in the distal direction through said first window cutout; (c) a safety light arrangement that includes a red light and a green light, supported on said base plate and providing red and green light signals visible through said second window cutout; (d) an automatic door sensor switch adapted to switch said directional lamp on when said loading dock door is opened and to switch the directional lamp off when said loading dock door is closed, said sensor switch being further operative to actuate said safety light arrangement to provide green light when said loading dock door is opened and to provide red light when said loading dock door is closed; and (e) a power supply that provides electrical power to said directional lamp and to said safety light arrangement.