Patent ID: 7631995

Claim:
An overhead light swivel bracket assembly for mounting a light fixture spaced apart a fixed first distance and position from a surface to be illuminated, the surface mounted in a vertical plane on a rigid support structure, the structure including a walkway and an electric power conductor, the assembly comprising: an elongate vertical cylinder having a lower end constructed for attaching to the structure and an upper end; an elongate rigid capped sleeve dimensioned to be rotatably supported on the upper end of the cylinder; an elongate tubular member having a distal end for affixing the light fixture thereto with an internal passage for electric wire for connecting the light fixture to the electric power conductor, and a proximal end attached by first attaching means to the sleeve; an elongate element having a first end affixed to the distal end adjacent the light fixture and a second end attached by second attaching means to the sleeve above the first attaching means; the capped sleeve, elongate tubular member, and elongate element combine to form a secure supporting bracket for the light fixture with rotational function to enable the capped sleeve and light fixture to rotate pivotally about the vertical cylinder in a horizontal arc between an extended position in which the light fixture is at the fixed first distance and position to illuminate the surface from above and a retracted position in which the light fixture is adjacent the walkway; and means for releasably preventing rotation of the sleeve between extended and retracted positions.