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Granted Patent B2
US 10,874,294 · App. 15/891,996 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Track lighting system

Inventors: David J. Ahearn (Little Compton, RI); Edward Carey (Westport, MA)
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Patent No.
US 10,874,294
App. No.
15/891,996
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes a housing assembly having a top, side, middle, and bottom portions, a pair of hollow, tubular, elongated members having a top and a bottom end, the top portion of the housing assembly attached to the bottom end of the elongated members, the top end of the one or more elongated members having a brackets configured and arranged to mount to an overhead surface area, one or more ambient lighting assemblies attached to side portions and top portion of the housing assembly to provide general lighting, each ambient lighting assembly including an ambient housing and fluorescent bulbs, a horizontal tracking rail suspended attached to a bottom portion of the housing assembly, the tracking rail extending along a portion of the housing assembly, a carriage mechanism slidably engaging the tracking rail, and an intra-oral light assembly connected to the carriage mechanism.

Claims (22)

1. A pendant mounted track lighting system comprising:

a housing assembly having a top, side, middle, and bottom portions;

a pair of hollow, tubular, elongated members having a top and a bottom end, the top portion of the housing assembly attached to the bottom end of the elongated members, the top end of the one or more elongated members having a brackets configured and arrange to mount to an overhead surface area;

one or more ambient lighting assemblies attached to side portions and top portion of the housing assembly to provide general lighting, each ambient lighting assembly including an ambient housing and one or more fluorescent bulbs;

a horizontal tracking rail suspended attached to a bottom portion of the housing assembly, the tracking rail extending along a portion of the housing assembly;

a carriage mechanism slidably engaging the tracking rail;

an intra-oral light assembly connected to the carriage mechanism, the intra-oral light assembly having an articulating arm enabling 360 degree rotation to an intra-oral lamp; and

an electronic display mounted to the bottom portion of the housing assembly, the electronic display fixed in position on a horizontal axis respectively positioned above a patient's head, the electronic display configured for a patient's visual and audio stimulation.

2. The pendant mounted track lighting system of claim 1 wherein the articulating arm comprises a swivel joint.

3. The pendant mounted track lighting system of claim 2 wherein the articulating arm further comprises a joint providing two dimensions of movement.

4. The pendant mounted track lighting system of claim 1 wherein the intra-oral lamp includes one or more lighting fixtures.

5. The pendant mounted track lighting system of claim 4 wherein the one or more lighting fixtures are light-emitting diode (LED) lighting.

6. A pendant mounted track lighting system comprising:

a housing assembly having a top, side, middle, and bottom portions;

a pair of hollow, tubular, elongated members having a top and a bottom end, the top portion of the housing assembly attached to the bottom end of the elongated members, the top end of the one or more elongated members having a brackets configured and arrange to mount to an overhead surface area;

one or more ambient lighting assemblies attached to side portions and top portion of the housing assembly to provide general lighting, each ambient lighting assembly including an ambient housing and one or more fluorescent bulbs;

a horizontal tracking rail suspended attached to a bottom portion of the housing assembly, the tracking rail extending along a portion of the housing assembly;

a carriage mechanism slidably engaging the tracking rail;

an intra-oral light assembly releasably connected to the carriage mechanism by a trolley collar; and

an electronic display mounted to the bottom portion of the housing assembly, the electronic display fixed in position on a horizontal axis respectively positioned above a patient's head, the electronic display configured for a patient's visual and audio stimulation.

7. The pendant mounted track lighting system of claim 6 wherein the trolley collar is threaded to the carriage mechanism.

8. The pendant mounted track lighting system of claim 7 wherein the trolley collar includes an internal molex plug.

Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 14873308 · Oct 2, 2015
Continuation 13309529 · Dec 1, 2011
Provisional Application 61418427 · Dec 1, 2010
Related Publication 20180160891A1 · Jun 14, 2018