Selectively-extendable modular lighting fixture
AssigneeKenall Manufacturing Company
InventorsCharles A. McCarthy, James P. Kelly
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A modular lighting fixture may include an elongate housing having ends and terminating in sidewall edges, an elongate lens having end edge portions and opposite elongate edges forming lens-sealing surfaces, each fitted to a corresponding one of the sidewall edges, a pair of end structures each removably attachable to either end of the housing, such end structures fitted to the lens; and a plurality of gasket seals including an elongate gasket between each elongate edge and its corresponding lens-sealing surface and a gasket between each end of the housing and its corresponding lens end edge portions.
Claims17
A modular lighting fixture comprising:
- an elongate housing having ends and terminating in sidewall edges therealong;
- an elongate lens having end edge portions and opposite elongate edges forming lens-sealing surfaces, each fitted to a corresponding one of the sidewall edges;
- a pair of end structures each removably attachable to either end of the housing, such end structures fitted to the lens;
- and
- a plurality of gasket seals including (a) an elongate gasket between each elongate edge and its corresponding lens-sealing surface and (b) a gasket between each end of the housing and its corresponding lens end edge portions.
A modular lighting fixture comprising:
- an elongate housing having sidewalls and lengthwise ends, the sidewalls having downwardly-opening grooves along elongate sides thereof;
- an elongate lens having flanges along two opposite sides thereof with lengthwise end edge portions, the flanges received in the downwardly-opening grooves of the housing;
- and
- a pair of unitary endplates each including an endplate support for supporting a lengthwise end edge portion of the lens, each endplate being attached to either lengthwise end of the housing and having perimeter surfaces matingly attached to an additional structure selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) a bridge for angularly-directed extension of the housing and having a peripheral edge of substantially the same size and contour as an outer surface of the endplate where the bridge and endplate join,
- (b) a bridge for linear extension of the housing and having a peripheral edge of substantially the same size and contour as the outer surface of the endplate where the bridge and endplate join, and
- (c) an endcap having a peripheral edge of substantially the same size and contour as an outer surface of the endplate where the endcap and endplate join.
A modular lighting fixture comprising:
- a first elongate housing having ends;
- an endplate for sealing connection to an end of the first elongate housing;
- a bridge adapted for directly attaching the endplate to at least one additional endplate, the bridge selected from the group consisting of an L type bridge for attaching the endplate to a single additional endplate, a T type bridge for attaching the endplate to two additional endplates, an X type bridge for attaching the endplate to three additional endplates, and a bridge configured for linear attachment to a single additional endplate;
- and
- at least one additional elongate housing like the first elongate housing, each such additional elongate housing attached to a corresponding additional endplate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.