Interface for cover plate
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorRachel Lynn Sidiropoulos
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Abstract
A system for mounting pendant lighting fixtures includes an interface component adapted to be at least partially retained in an opening defined by a ceiling. The interface component defines at least one aperture to accommodate a hanging support extending through the opening and configured to support a pendant lighting fixture. The system includes a cover plate defining at least one aperture to accommodate the hanging support. The system also includes at least one magnetic element operable to exert a magnetic bias on the cover plate to secure the cover plate against the interface component and at least partially cover the opening.
Claims19
A system for mounting pendant lighting fixtures, the system comprising:
- an interface component adapted to be at least partially retained in an opening defined by a surface, the interface component defining at least one aperture to accommodate a hanging support extending through the opening and configured to support a pendant lighting fixture;
- a cover plate defining at least one aperture to accommodate the hanging support;
- and
- at least one magnetic element operable to exert a magnetic bias on the cover plate to secure the cover plate against the interface component and at least partially cover the opening,
- wherein when the cover plate is secured against the interface component and an external force is applied to the cover plate, the cover plate rotates at least partially about an axis passing through the at least one magnetic element.
An interface component for pendant lighting fixtures, the interface component defining a radial direction and a circumferential direction, the interface component comprising:
- a top defining at least one aperture to accommodate a hanging support for a pendant lighting fixture;
- a bottom spaced apart from the top;
- a sidewall extending between the top and the bottom;
- at least one support surface positioned between the top and the bottom along the radial direction, the at least one support surface configured to support a magnetic element operable to exert a magnetic bias on a cover plate to secure the cover plate against the bottom.
A pendant lighting fixture system, comprising:
- a mounting component adapted to be secured to a support positioned within a space above a ceiling;
- a pendant lighting fixture adapted to be suspended from the ceiling via at least one hanging support extending from the mounting component;
- an interface component adapted to be at least partially retained in an opening defined by the ceiling, the interface component defining at least one aperture to accommodate the at least one hanging support;
- a cover plate defining at least one aperture to accommodate the at least one hanging support;
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- at least one magnetic element operable to exert a magnetic bias on the cover plate to secure the cover plate against the interface component so that the cover at least partially covers the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.