Retention, adjustability and maintenance for a recessed component such as a recessed luminaire
AssigneeLucifer Lighting Company
InventorsJack Reilly, Brian Beck, Anuj Maloo, Matt Tenorio, Evan Dillon, James Lorenz
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Abstract
An assembly for an opening through a member has a body and a first spring retention assembly coupled to the body. The first spring retention assembly has a first coil spring at least partially disposed within a first spring housing. The first coil spring has a first end extending through the first spring housing and is coupled to the body. The first coil spring is extendable from and retractable into the first spring housing.
Claims34
A recessed luminaire assembly for an opening through a member comprising:
- a body configured as a luminaire;
- and
- a first spring retention assembly coupled to the body, said first spring retention assembly comprising a first coil spring at least partially disposed within a first spring housing, said first coil spring having a first end extending through the first spring housing and coupled to the body, said first coil spring extendable from and retractable into the first spring housing.
A method of installing an recessed luminaire assembly within an opening through a member comprising a first side and a second side, said method comprising:
- extending a first coil spring from within a first spring housing while a first end of the first coil spring is coupled to a body of the recessed luminaire assembly,
- extending a second coil spring from within a second spring housing while a first end of the second coil spring is coupled to the body of the recessed luminaire assembly;
- inserting the first spring housing and the second spring housing into the opening;
- thereafter, inserting the body of the recessed luminaire assembly into the opening;
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- generating a force, by the first coil spring and the second coil spring, on the body in a longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.