US PATENT SUBCLASS 362 / 217
ELONGATED SOURCE LIGHT UNIT OR SUPPORT

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217ELONGATED SOURCE LIGHT UNIT OR SUPPORT {6}
218  DF  .~> With ventilating or cooling means
219  DF  .~> With means to position plural light sources colinearly
220  DF  .~> Repositionable
221  DF  .~> With means to accommodate additional circuit element {1}
223  DF  .~> With or including transparent or translucent member {1}
225  DF  .~> Plural sources or supports therefor

DEFINITION

Classification: 362/217

(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising (a) a light source (see, Glossary: "Light Source") which is virtually a straight line, at least in part, or having a dimension substantially greater in one direction than any in a plane transverse to said direction, and a light modifier (see, Glossary: "Light Modifier") structurally related to the light source so as to modify light therefrom, or (b) a support for such a light source with or without a light modifier.

(1) Note. Light sources of the type provided for in this

subclass and the subclasses indented hereunder are usually recited as "tubular", "elongated", "linear", "cylindrical", and "extended". In all other cases, the elongated nature of the light source must be implied by the claims themselves or necessarily imputed from the claimed disclosure in order to render the claimed combination structurally complete and operative for the functions referred to in the claim. For example: "means to support a pair of fluorescent lamps" is sufficient basis for placement in this subclass or the subclasses indented hereunder even though fluorescent lamps are often elongated since the word "fluorescent" itself does not imply length. On the other hand, "means to support a pair of lamps parallel to each other" is sufficient basis for placement in this subclass or the subclasses indented hereunder since the word "parallel" implies that the lamps have length.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

260, "fluorescent type", for combination of a fluorescent light source or support therefor and a modifier wherein the source is not an elongated type.