IP Library Granted Patent US 7,178,952
Granted Patent B2
US 7,178,952 · App. 10/947,524 · Granted Feb 20, 2007

Theft-deterrent outdoor lighting

Assignee: King of Fans, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,178,952
App. No.
10/947,524
Granted
Feb 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A theft deterrent outdoor lighting, comprising in combination a light housing for housing a light, a battery for storing electrical energy, an alarm and a motion detector electrically connecting the alarm to the battery to actuate the alarm when motion is detected, whereby theft of the theft deterrent outdoor lighting is deterred by the alarm.

Claims (4)

1. A method for deterring theft of outdoor lighting, comprising the steps of:

operating a mechanism for easily positioning the outdoor lighting into the ground, the mechanism comprising a one-way clutch operatively connected to an auger that is easily augured into the ground and difficult to remove from the ground; and

rendering inoperative the mechanism once the outdoor lighting is positioned in the ground for increasing the difficulty in removing the outdoor lighting from the ground.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the mechanism comprises an elongated support that conceals an operative portion of an anchor once positioned in the ground.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2008
From: KING OF FANS, INC.
To: CHIEN LUEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., INC.
Reel/Frame 021462/0062 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2004
From: BUCHER, JOHN C.; BUCHER, CHARLES E.
To: KING OF FANS, INC.
Reel/Frame 016121/0808 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 1014733000 · May 15, 2002
Continuation In Part 0972476700 · Nov 28, 2000
Related Publication 20050117344A1 · Jun 2, 2005