Patent ID: 8870398

Claim:
A light modifying snoot for use in connection with a lighting fixture, said snoot comprising: a cylindrical tubular body having opposed first and second open ends and sidewall of a flexible fabric material extending between said first and second open ends, said sidewall defining a through passage extending between said first and said second open ends, said sidewall configured to expand and collapse along a longitudinal axis of said cylindrical tubular body between an expanded position and a collapsed position, wherein when said sidewall is in said expanded position said opposed first and second open ends are disposed at a greater distance between one another than when said sidewall is in said collapsed position; a coil spring attached to said sidewall and biasing said sidewall into said expanded position; a light fixture attachment member disposed at said first end of said tubular body and configured to secure said first end of said tubular body to a lighting fixture such that light projected from the lighting fixture is directed into said through passage; a light modifier attachment member disposed at said second end of said tubular body; and a light modifier removably attached to said second end of said tubular body by said light modifier attachment member.