Lighting arrangement
OwnerDave Boulanger, Maciej Nowakowskiinventors
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Abstract
A lighting arrangement can include a mounting bracket, a luminaire, at least one first spring arm, and at least one second spring arm. The mounting bracket can be releasably mountable to at least one of a junction box, a wall and a ceiling. The luminaire can extend along a longitudinal axis between a light emanating face and a rear face. The at least one first spring arm can extend between a base end and a distal end wherein the base end can be mounted to a first of the mounting bracket and the luminaire. The at least one second spring arm can extend between a base end and a distal end wherein the base end of the at least one second spring arm can be mounted to a second of the mounting bracket and the luminaire.
Claims20
A lighting arrangement comprising:
- a mounting bracket releasably mountable to at least one of a junction box, a wall and a ceiling;
- a luminaire extending along a longitudinal axis between a light emanating face and a rear face, said luminaire including at least one light emitting unit and configured to emit light from said light emanating face;
- at least one first spring arm extending between a base end and a distal end wherein said base end is mounted to a first of said mounting bracket and said luminaire;
- at least one second spring arm extending between a base end and a distal end wherein said base end of said at least one second spring arm is mounted to a second of said mounting bracket and said luminaire;
- wherein said at least one first spring arm and said at least one second spring arm are selectively engageable with one another to releasably engage said mounting bracket and said luminaire together;
- wherein said at least one first spring arm and said at least one second spring arm slide across each other as said luminaire and said mounting bracket are moved closer together along an assembly axis, said longitudinal axis collinear with said assembly axis when said luminaire and said mounting bracket are assembled together;
- wherein at least a portion of a first surface at said base end of said at least one first spring arm confronts and contacts at least a portion of a second surface of said first of said mounting bracket and said luminaire when said base end of said at least one first spring arm is mounted to said first of said mounting bracket and said luminaire, said at least a portion of said first surface and said at least a portion of said second surface contact one another in a first plane, said first plane transverse to said assembly axis;
- wherein said at least one first spring arm extends away from said at least a portion of said first surface at said base end of said at least one first spring arm initially in a first direction relative to said assembly axis and subsequently in a second direction transverse to said first direction and at least partially along said assembly axis, said first direction and said second direction defined in a second plane containing said assembly axis, a first bend defined in said at least one first spring arm wherein extension of said at least one first spring arm changes from said first direction at said first bend, said first bend further from said assembly axis than said base end of said at least one first spring arm;
- wherein said at least one first spring arm extends away from said first bend initially in said second direction at least partially along said longitudinal axis and subsequently in a third direction transverse to said second direction as well as transverse and non-perpendicular to said assembly axis, said third direction defined in said second plane, a second bend defined in said at least one first spring arm wherein extension of said at least one first spring arm changes from said second direction to said third direction at said second bend, said second bend spaced further from said first plane along said assembly axis than said first bend;
- wherein said at least one first spring arm extends away from said second bend initially in said third direction and subsequently in a fourth direction transverse to said third direction as well as transverse and non-perpendicular to said assembly axis, said fourth direction defined in said second plane, a third bend defined in said at least one first spring arm wherein extension of said at least one first spring arm changes from said third direction to said fourth direction at said third bend, said third bend spaced further from said first plane along said assembly axis than said second bend;
- wherein said distal end of said at least one first spring arm is spaced further from said first plane along said assembly axis than said first bend, said second bend, and said third bend.
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