US2272911A - Globe catcher - Google Patents

Description

Feb. 10, 1942.

o. e. HALE ETAL 2,272,911

GLOBE CATCHER Filed Oct. 7, 1939 M/VfA/TORS' 0. 6. HALE 27 2. mum a)? Patented Feb. 10, 1942 UNITE STATES PATENT, OFFIQE GLOBE CATCHER Application October 7, 1939, Serial No. 298,376

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a globe catcher and more particularly to a catching device for catching globes accidentally dropped in changing light bulbs in overheadlighting fixtures.

In changing light bulbs of overhead lighting fixtures oi the type which comprises a reflector, a bulb-enclosing globe and an electric light bulb, a workman making the change quite frequently has to assume an awkward position due to desks or benches and the like being positioned directly under the lighting fixture, and, accordingly, there is a danger that the large globe which encloses the light bulb and which must be removed before the bulb can be changed might drop and injure people working under the fixture unless the workman has a place to deposit the globe.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple and cheap device for catching globes during the changing of light bulbs in overhead fixtures.

In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a cloth basket, circular in configuration, to which there are attached two pairs of straps, terminating in a pair of hooks, which may be secured to the reflector of an overhead light fixture to support the basket directly under the fixture to catch any globe or bulb accidentally dropped by an operator changing the bulb in the fixture and may be used to hold the globe while the bulb is being changed.

A better understanding of the invention will be had by reference to the following specification when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. l is a side elevational view of a lighting fixture to which a basket of the type covered by the present invention has been attached during the changing of a light bulb in the fixture;

Fig. 2 is a plan view looking down on the light fixture from the top, as indicated by the arrows along the line 2-2 showing some details of construction of the catcher; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail sectional view, taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 in the direction of the arrows, showing the hook connected to an overhead light fixture.

Referring to the drawing, wherein like refer ence characters designate the same parts throughout the several views, there is shown an overhead lighting fixture comprised of a supporting member 5 in which a suitable lamp socket, not shown, is mounted and which supports a reflector 6. The reflector 6 may be attached to the support 5 in any suitable manner and comprises a dome-shaped member I having a plurality of ventilating slots 8 formed on an upper flattened portion 9 thereof, for directing the light from a bulb, not shown, downwardly. The reflector 6 or the supporting member 5, and preferably the supporting member. 5, may be equipped with any suitable clamping devices for detachably holding a globe III in the reflector to diifuse the light from the bulb, not shown.

When it becomes necessary to replace light bulbs in the fixture, a basket, designated generally by the number ll, may be attached to the fixture to catch a light bulb or globe inadvertently dropped by an operator, whose hands have been shown at [2 and I3 replacing the bulb. The basket ll comprises a body portion formed of a plurality of segments M of light weight canvas, duck, or like material sewed together and attached to a circular framework I5, which holds the segments [4 in the position shown in Fig. 1. Attached to the segments l4 adjacent the framework |5 are two pairs of straps I! and I8 and I9 and 20. The pairs of straps I1 and I8 and I9 and 2|] in the embodiment of the invention shown herein are formed by slitting wider straps 2| and 22, respectively, throughout the greater part of the length thereof to leave a short upper portion not split to which hooks 23 and 24 may be attached. The hooks 23 and '24 are identical in construction and the hook 23, as shown in section in Fig. 3, comprises a body portion 29, which is secured to the strap 2| by a pair of rivets 25, a handle portion 26 and a hook portion Zl. The handle portion 26 provides a means whereby an operator may grasp the hook 23 to hook the hooked portion 2! thereof in one of the ventilating slots 8 of the reflector 8, whereby the basket may be suspended under the fixture during the replacement of a lamp.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been described hereinbefore, it will be understood that modifications may be made thereof without departing from the scope of the.

invention, which is to be limited only by the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a lighting fixture having a reflector surrounded by a globe detachably car ried on the fixture, of a globe catching device comprising a basket portion of flexible material, an annular stiffening member attached to an upper edge thereof, pairs of straps having their lower ends attached at spaced points to opposite sides of said basket portion, and members having hook and handle portions at opposite ends securedintermediate said portions, said hook portions adapted to engage in ventilating slots in the upper portion of the reflector for connecting the device to the fixture with the upper edge of the basket portion spaced from the lower edge of the reflector, the straps bearing upon the lower edge of the reflector and the outer surface thereof.

ORA G. HALE. FREDERICK L. KELLER.

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