Decorative outdoor light fixture
A decorative outdoor light fixture has an upwardly facing light source mounted in a pipe coupling substantially at or somewhat above ground level. The light source extends into a vertically extending nipple having a pipe union threadably mounted on the top thereof for securing a selected light filter and lens assembly to the upper end of the nipple. Each light filter and lens assembly emits a particular colored decorative light effect to the surrounding atmosphere, and each includes a top hemispherical lens.
1. A decorative outdoor light fixture comprising support means to be mounted in the ground and to extend upwardly therefrom, said support means including conduit means, electrical conductors positioned within said conduit means, an electrical socket mounted in said conduit means, the opposite ends of said electrical conductors being connected to said socket and a source of power, respectively; an upwardly facing lamp positioned in said conduit means and connected to said socket, a selected decorative light filter and lens assembly positioned on the upper end of said conduit means, and a pipe union securing said decorative light filter and lens assembly to the upper end of said conduit means, whereby each light filter and lens assembly emits a particular colored decorative light effect to the surrounding atmosphere.
2. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 1, wherein each decorative light filter and lens assembly includes a laminate structure of complementary colored discs mounted in a stacked array between a transparent disc and a transparent hemispherical lens.
3. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 1, wherein the selected decorative light filter and lens assembly comprises, a transparent tube having upper and lower ends, a laminate structure of a pair of colored discs and a transparent disc secured to the lower end of said transparent tube, a centrally apertured convex disc having a mirrored convex surface secured to the upper end of said transparent tube, said mirrored convex surface facing the colored discs on the lower end of said transparent tube, a second laminate structure of a pair of complementary colored discs, and a hemispherical lens secured to the upper end of said transparent tube and the convex disc on the side opposite from the mirrored surface, whereby light rays from said lamp pass upwardly through said transparent disc and said pair of colored discs into the interior of said transparent tube, some of the light rays being reflected by the mirrored surface and directed through the side of the transparent tube, other light rays passing through the apertured convex disc and through the pair of complementary colored discs and hemispherical lens to the atmosphere.
4. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 1, wherein the selected decorative light filter and lens assembly comprises a solid, transparent cylinder, a complementary colored disc bonded to one end of said cylinder, a transparent disc bonded beneath said complementary colored disc, a laminate structure of a pair of complementary colored discs and a hemispherical lens bonded to the other end of said cylinder, whereby light rays from the lamp pass through the transparent disc, complementary colored disc, transparent cylinder, pair of complementary colored discs and hemispherical lens to the atmosphere.
5. A decorative Garden lights fixture according to claim 1, wherein the support means comprises a pipe adapted to extend into the ground, a pipe coupling having one end threadably secured to the upper end of said pipe, and a vertically extending nipple threadably connected to the opposite end of said nipple.
6. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 5, wherein a transversely extending plate is mounted in the pipe coupling, each end of said plate having a tongue portion cooperating with the thread grooves in said coupling, whereby the plate is adjustably mounted within the coupling, said electrical socket being secured to said plate.
7. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 5, wherein said vertically extending nipple has an upper end, the pipe union comprises an adaptor threadably mounted to the upper end of said nipple, and a collar having a radially inwardly turned flange threadably connected to the adaptor.
8. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 1, wherein said pipe union includes a collar with a radially inwardly directed flange, each decorative light filter and lens assembly has at least one complementary colored disc bonded to the upper surface of a transparent disc, the diameter of the transparent disc being greater than the diameter of the colored disc to thereby provide a rim portion on the transparent disc cooperating with said flange on said collar for holding the light filter and lens assembly on the end of said conduit means.
9. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 8, including at least a second colored disc of a second complementary color bonded to the upper surface of said at least one complementary colored disc, and a transparent hemispherical lens connected above said at least a second colored disc.
10. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 8, including a second colored disc of a second complementary color bonded to the upper surface of said at least one complementary colored disc, a third colored disc of said second complementary color bonded to the upper surface of said second colored disc, and a transparent hemispherical lens bonded to the upper surface of said third colored disc.
11. A decorative Light poles fixture according to claim 10, wherein said second colored disc of said second complementary color includes a center portion having the complementary color of said at least one complementary colored disc.
12. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 10, wherein said at least one complementary colored disc has a clear center portion, said second colored disc of said second complementary color includes a center portion having the complementary color of said at least one complementary colored disc.
13. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 8, wherein said at least one complementary colored disc is positioned adjacent said radially inwardly directed flange.
14. A decorative Outdoor lighting fixture according to claim 8, including a transparent tube having upper and lower ends, a second colored disc having the complementary color of said at least one complementary colored disc connected to the upper surface of said at least one complementary colored disc and to the lower end of said transparent tube, a convex disc having a central aperture and a mirrored convex surface connected to the upper end of said transparent tube, said mirrored convex surface facing the lower end of said transparent tube, a third colored disc of the complementary color of said at least one complementary colored disc connected to the upper Outdoor lamps end of said transparent tube, a fourth colored disc of a second complementary color connected to the upper surface of said third colored disc; and a hemispherical lens connected to the upper surface of said fourth colored disc.
15. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 14, wherein said at least one complementary colored disc and said second colored disc each have a clear center portion.
16. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 8, including a transparent cylinder connected to the upper surface of said at least one complementary colored disc, a second colored disc of a second complementary color connected to the upper surface of said Street lights transparent cylinder, a third colored disc having the complementary color of said at least one complementary colored disc connected to the upper surface of said second colored disc, and a transparent hemispherical lens connected to the upper surface of said third colored disc.
1. A decorative outdoor light fixture comprising support means to be mounted in the ground and to extend upwardly therefrom, said support means including conduit means, electrical conductors positioned within said conduit means, an electrical socket mounted in said conduit means, the opposite ends of said electrical conductors being connected to said socket and a source of power, respectively; an upwardly facing lamp positioned in said conduit means and connected to said socket, a selected decorative light filter and lens assembly positioned on the upper end of said conduit means, and a pipe union securing said decorative light filter and lens assembly to the upper end of said conduit means, whereby each light filter and lens assembly emits a particular colored decorative light effect to the surrounding atmosphere.
2. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 1, wherein each decorative light filter and lens assembly includes a laminate structure of complementary colored discs mounted in a stacked array between a transparent disc and a transparent hemispherical lens.
3. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 1, wherein the selected decorative light filter and lens assembly comprises, a transparent tube having upper and lower ends, a laminate structure of a pair of colored discs and a transparent disc secured to the lower end of said transparent tube, a centrally apertured convex disc having a mirrored convex surface secured to the upper end of said transparent tube, said mirrored convex surface facing the colored discs on the lower end of said transparent tube, a second laminate structure of a pair of complementary colored discs, and a hemispherical lens secured to the upper end of said transparent tube and the convex disc on the side opposite from the mirrored surface, whereby light rays from said lamp pass upwardly through said transparent disc and said pair of colored discs into the interior of said transparent tube, some of the light rays being reflected by the mirrored surface and directed through the side of the transparent tube, other light rays passing through the apertured convex disc and through the pair of complementary colored discs and hemispherical lens to the atmosphere.
4. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 1, wherein the selected decorative light filter and lens assembly comprises a solid, transparent cylinder, a complementary colored disc bonded to one end of said cylinder, a transparent disc bonded beneath said complementary colored disc, a laminate structure of a pair of complementary colored discs and a hemispherical lens bonded to the other end of said cylinder, whereby light rays from the lamp pass through the transparent disc, complementary colored disc, transparent cylinder, pair of complementary colored discs and hemispherical lens to the atmosphere.
5. A decorative Garden lights fixture according to claim 1, wherein the support means comprises a pipe adapted to extend into the ground, a pipe coupling having one end threadably secured to the upper end of said pipe, and a vertically extending nipple threadably connected to the opposite end of said nipple.
6. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 5, wherein a transversely extending plate is mounted in the pipe coupling, each end of said plate having a tongue portion cooperating with the thread grooves in said coupling, whereby the plate is adjustably mounted within the coupling, said electrical socket being secured to said plate.
7. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 5, wherein said vertically extending nipple has an upper end, the pipe union comprises an adaptor threadably mounted to the upper end of said nipple, and a collar having a radially inwardly turned flange threadably connected to the adaptor.
8. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 1, wherein said pipe union includes a collar with a radially inwardly directed flange, each decorative light filter and lens assembly has at least one complementary colored disc bonded to the upper surface of a transparent disc, the diameter of the transparent disc being greater than the diameter of the colored disc to thereby provide a rim portion on the transparent disc cooperating with said flange on said collar for holding the light filter and lens assembly on the end of said conduit means.
9. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 8, including at least a second colored disc of a second complementary color bonded to the upper surface of said at least one complementary colored disc, and a transparent hemispherical lens connected above said at least a second colored disc.
10. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 8, including a second colored disc of a second complementary color bonded to the upper surface of said at least one complementary colored disc, a third colored disc of said second complementary color bonded to the upper surface of said second colored disc, and a transparent hemispherical lens bonded to the upper surface of said third colored disc.
11. A decorative Light poles fixture according to claim 10, wherein said second colored disc of said second complementary color includes a center portion having the complementary color of said at least one complementary colored disc.
12. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 10, wherein said at least one complementary colored disc has a clear center portion, said second colored disc of said second complementary color includes a center portion having the complementary color of said at least one complementary colored disc.
13. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 8, wherein said at least one complementary colored disc is positioned adjacent said radially inwardly directed flange.
14. A decorative Outdoor lighting fixture according to claim 8, including a transparent tube having upper and lower ends, a second colored disc having the complementary color of said at least one complementary colored disc connected to the upper surface of said at least one complementary colored disc and to the lower end of said transparent tube, a convex disc having a central aperture and a mirrored convex surface connected to the upper end of said transparent tube, said mirrored convex surface facing the lower end of said transparent tube, a third colored disc of the complementary color of said at least one complementary colored disc connected to the upper Outdoor lamps end of said transparent tube, a fourth colored disc of a second complementary color connected to the upper surface of said third colored disc; and a hemispherical lens connected to the upper surface of said fourth colored disc.
15. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 14, wherein said at least one complementary colored disc and said second colored disc each have a clear center portion.
16. A decorative outdoor light fixture according to claim 8, including a transparent cylinder connected to the upper surface of said at least one complementary colored disc, a second colored disc of a second complementary color connected to the upper surface of said Street lights transparent cylinder, a third colored disc having the complementary color of said at least one complementary colored disc connected to the upper surface of said second colored disc, and a transparent hemispherical lens connected to the upper surface of said third colored disc.
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