LED lighting assembly
AssigneeCooledlite, Inc.
InventorsPeter Ticktin, Thomas Cartwright
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Abstract
A mount for an LED lighting assembly includes a length adjusting shaft having releasable engagement features that allow the length to be adjusted to a desired length, but also the be released and readjusted as needed. The length adjusting shaft can include an external release disposed outside the housing of the LED lighting assembly that is coupled to the releasable engagement and is configured to release the releasable engagement from the adjustment features through a housing of the LED lighting assembly.
Claims19
A mount for an LED lighting assembly for a recessed ceiling can defining a recess in a ceiling, comprising:
- a length adjusting shaft having adjustment features formed on the shaft;
- an electrical contact portion disposed at a first end of the length adjusting shaft, the electrical contact portion electrically couplable with a light-bulb outlet disposed within the ceiling recess can and electrically coupled to provide power to the LED lighting assembly;
- a housing defining a chamber, the housing being adjustable along the length adjusting shaft and includes a releasable engagement for engaging one of the adjustment features on the length adjusting shaft, wherein the housing is configured to cover the recess;
- a circuit board disposed in the housing and having a plurality of LEDs configure to emit light through a bottom of the housing;
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- an external release disposed outside the housing that is coupled to the releasable engagement and configured to release the releasable engagement from the one of the adjustment features, wherein the external release is accessible on an outside of the housing when the housing is in place covering the recess.
A mount for an LED lighting assembly for a ceiling recess can, the mount comprising:
- a length adjusting shaft having adjustment features formed on the shaft that are configured to releasably retain the housing on the shaft;
- a housing having an outer periphery configured to fit flush against a surface of a ceiling in which the ceiling recess can is mounted and cover the ceiling recess;
- a releasable engagement for engaging one of the adjustment features disposed within the housing to hold the housing on the length adjusting shaft;
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- an external release disposed outside the housing that is coupled to the releasable engagement and configured to release the releasable engagement from the one of the adjustment feature, wherein the external release is accessible on the outside of the housing when the housing is in place covering the recess.
A mount for an LED lighting assembly for connecting to and covering a recessed ceiling can, the mount comprising:
- length adjusting shaft having adjustment features formed on the shaft that are configured to releasably retain the housing on the shaft;
- a housing configured to fit over and cover the ceiling recess;
- a releasable engagement for engaging one of the adjustment features to hold the housing onto the length adjusting shaft;
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- an external release disposed outside the housing that is coupled to the releasable engagement and accessible when the housing is covering the ceiling recess, the external release further configured to release the releasable engagement from the one of the adjustment features;
- wherein the housing is configured to fit flush against a surface of a ceiling in which the ceiling recess can is mounted and wherein the releasable engagement holds the housing flush against the ceiling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.