ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,973, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GLOBE ELECTRIC COMPANY INC. (Montreal).

"LED light fixture with forward and rear light sources" was invented by Rafael Alfredo Anuel Martinez (Verdun, Canada), Guy J. Houle (Blainville, Canada) and Scott Blaise Tylicki (Bowling Green, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light fixture includes a forward housing, a forward LED light source disposed in the forward housing and configured to project light in a forward direction, a rear housing, a rear LED light source mounted in the rear housing and configured to project light circumferentially, a switch, a power supply, and a light control circuit i...