Patent ID: 6953257

Claim:
An adapter for use in an upper end of a supporting pipe means embedded within the ground and supporting a standard of an outdoor light fixture above ground surface, the pipe means having a central longitudinal axis and an open upper end defined by an inner surface of a mildly compressible circular wall, said adapter comprising; an integral body having an upper portion and a lower portion both disposed about a vertical central axis, said lower portion providing an outer surface defined at least in part by a section of a profile of a sphere having its center on the central axis of said body and a radius substantially equal to a radius of said inner surface of the open upper end of the pipe means, said upper portion providing a mounting surface accessibly from above said ground surface for cooperative engagement with said standard of a light fixture for attachment of said standard to said adapter, whereby on applying a clamping force about the upper end of the pipe means subsequent to inserting of said lower portion of said adapter into upper end of said pipe means and adjusting said central axis of said body of said adapter relative to said central longitudinal axis of the pipe means, said central axis of said adapter is held in a fixed position relative to the vertical.