Patent ID: 8136964

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, the illuminated bollard comprising: a vertical tubular body; means affixing a base of said tubular body to a horizontal floor surface; a window cutout formed at an upper end of said bollard tubular body on a distal-facing side thereof; and a lamp assembly disposed within the upper end of said bollard tubular body, and including: (a) a base plate; (b) a directional lamp supported over said base plate and providing a beam of light oriented in the distal direction through said window cutout; (c) an automatic sensor switch adapted to switch said lamp on when said loading dock door is opened and to switch the lamp off when said loading dock door is closed; and (d) a power supply that provides electrical power to said lamp.