US 7,320,533 B1
In ground lighting fixture with adjustable lamp
Joshua Z. Beadle, 4890 Del Mar Mesa Rd., San Diego, Calif. 92130 (US)
Filed on Mar. 03, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/367,673.
Int. Cl. F21V 19/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 362—285  [362/425; 362/427; 362/428; 362/419; 362/287; 362/220] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting fixture, comprising:
an elongated housing having a flat end, an angled end, and an inner surface having a pair of channels disposed on diametrically opposite sides of the housing and extending along a length of the housing, each pair of channels having a pair of opposing depressions defining a channel gap at each of the angled end and the flat end;
a lamp assembly comprising:
a retaining ring having a pair of circular pivots extending therefrom, each pivot having a circumferential edge that fits within the channel gap so that the lamp assembly is retained at a set angle and height within the housing by frictional resistance between the circumferential edge of the pivot and the channel gap, wherein application of a rotational force to the retaining ring causes the lamp assembly to pivot within the channel gap and wherein application of a vertical force causes the pivots to slide within the channel gap;
a lamp housing releasably attached to the retaining ring, the lamp housing having a conductor means for connection to a voltage source; and
a lamp retained within the lamp housing.