# US 12,215,843 B2 · Track light with integral uplight system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,215,843 B2 - Document ID: US12215843B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/644,237 - Filed: 2024-04-24 - Published: 2024-11-14 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2023-05-09 - Assignees: Lucifer Lighting Company - Applicants: Lucifer Lighting Company - Inventors: Jack Reilly; Brian Beck; Anuj Maloo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12215843B2 ## CPC - F21V 21/005: for several lighting devices in an end-to-end arrangement, i.e. light tracks - F21S 4/28: rigid, e.g. LED bars - F21S 8/061: {with a non-rigid pendant, i.e. a cable, wire or chain} - F21S 8/066: {from a light track (details of supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element F21V21/34)} - F21V 11/186: {slidable} - F21V 21/008: Suspending from a cable or suspension line - F21V 21/03: Ceiling bases, e.g. ceiling roses (F21V21/04 takes precedence) - F21V 21/30: Pivoted housings or frames - F21V 23/002: {Arrangements of cables or conductors inside a lighting device, e.g. means for guiding along parts of the housing or in a pivoting arm} - F21V 21/34: Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element {(telescopic mounting of lighting devices F21V21/22)} - F21V 21/35: with direct electrical contact between the supporting element and electric conductors running along the guiding element - F21Y 2103/10: comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements - F21Y 2113/20: of different form - F21Y 2115/00: Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract A light fixture has an elongated track comprising an upper channel comprising a first wall having a first slot and a second wall having a second slot. The assembly has a support assembly comprising a base and a swivel arm rotatably attached to the base at a swivel. The base comprising a first flange received in the first slot and a second flange received in the second slot, said base extending across the upper channel. The swivel arm has a first end and a second end. The swivel is disposed at the first end and a cable connector is disposed at a second end of the swivel arm. The cable connector receives a cable therein. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A light fixture comprising: an elongated track comprising an upper channel comprising a first wall having a first slot and a second wall having a second slot; a support assembly comprising a base and a swivel arm rotatably attached to the base at a swivel; the base comprising a first flange received in the first slot and a second flange received in the second slot, said base extending across the upper channel; and the swivel arm comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the swivel is disposed at the first end and a cable connector is disposed at the second end of the swivel arm, said cable connector receiving a cable therein. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The light fixture of claim 1 wherein the first slot is in a same plane as the second slot and the first flange is and second plane are on a second plane. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The light fixture of claim 1 wherein the first slot is perpendicular to the first wall and the second slot is perpendicular to the second wall. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The light fixture of claim 1 further comprising a third slot aligned with a fourth slot. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The light fixture of claim 4 further comprising a lens disposed in the third slot and the fourth slot. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The light fixture of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed in the upper channel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The light fixture of claim 1 wherein the cable is coupled between the swivel arm and a canopy housing assembly at a first end of the track and the first end of the track is coupled to a power cable. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The light fixture of claim 7 wherein the track comprises a lower channel, said power cable coupling direct current voltage to the upper channel and alternating voltage to the lower channel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The light fixture of claim 7 wherein the canopy housing assembly comprises a housing comprising an outer wall; a bracket coupled to the housing; a mounting arm comprising a first end and a second end, said first end rotatably coupled to the housing; said mounting arm comprising a latched position and an unlatched position and a plurality of positions therebetween; said second end positioned between an electrical component and the bracket in the latched position, the unlatched position, and the plurality of positions therebetween. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The light fixture of claim 1 further comprising a second cable coupling the second of the track to a second canopy housing. ### Claim 11 A canopy housing assembly for an electrical component comprising: a housing comprising an outer wall; a bracket coupled to the housing; a mounting arm comprising a first end and a second end, said first end rotatably coupled to the housing, said mounting arm further comprises a cable mount coupled between the first end and the second end of the mounting arm coupling a cable to the mounting arm; said mounting arm comprising a latched position and an unlatched position and a plurality of positions therebetween; and said second end positioned between the electrical component and the bracket in the latched position, the unlatched position, and the plurality of positions therebetween. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The canopy housing assembly of claim 11 further comprising a driver plate coupling the electrical component to the housing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The canopy housing assembly of claim 12 wherein the driver plate comprises a first end coupled to the bracket. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The canopy housing assembly of claim 13 wherein the first end of the driver plate comprises an L-shaped and has a flange extending therefrom, said flange coupled to the bracket. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The canopy housing assembly of claim 11 wherein the electrical component comprises a driver. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The canopy housing assembly of claim 11 wherein in the unlatched position, a clearance is sized for removing the electrical component from the housing. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The canopy housing assembly of claim 11 wherein the bracket comprises latch receiving a pin on the second end of the mounting arm in the latched position. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The canopy housing assembly of claim 11 wherein the housing comprises a center, said cable mount is aligned with the center when the mounting arm is in the latched position. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The canopy housing assembly of claim 11 wherein the cable mount comprises an inner coupler coupled to an outer coupler. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The canopy housing assembly of claim 11 wherein the cable mount comprises an inner coupler having outer threads coupled to an outer coupler having inner threads engaging the outer threads. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The canopy housing assembly of claim 20 wherein said outer coupler coupling a cover to the housing. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) A light fixture assembly comprising: a first canopy housing assembly of claim 21 coupled to a first end of a track by the cable coupled to a support assembly. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The light fixture assembly of claim 22 wherein the support assembly comprising a base and a swivel arm rotatably attached to the base at a swivel; the base comprising a first flange received in a first slot of an upper channel and a second flange received in a second slot of the upper channel, said base extending across the upper channel of the track between the first slot and the second slot; and the swivel arm comprising a first end and a second end, wherein a swivel is disposed at the first end and a cable connector is disposed at a second end of the swivel arm, said cable connector receiving a cable therein.