Adjustable recessed light fixture
AssigneeFeit Electric Company, Inc.
InventorAlan Barry Feit
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Abstract
Various embodiments are directed to an adjustable light fixture and method of installing the same. Various embodiments of the adjustable light fixture comprise a light head comprising a light source, a lens, and a frame; a socket base configured to be secured relative to a socket of a light assembly; and an extender located between the light head and the socket base and configured to move between an extended configuration and a compressed configuration. In various embodiments, the adjustable light fixture is installed by engaging the socket base with a corresponding socket of a light assembly and adjusting the extender toward the compressed configuration.
Claims17
An extender comprising:
- a first component having an external surface with a single elongated slot oriented in its entirety in alignment with a longitudinal axis of the first component;
- and
- a second component having an internal surface,
- wherein:
- the external surface of the first component is at least partially positioned in contact with a portion of the internal surface of the second component;
- the second component comprises a socket portion having a socket base, and
- the socket base comprises a screw-in socket base configured to engage a corresponding screw-in socket of a light assembly.
A method of adjusting a light fixture, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an extender comprising:
- a first component secured to the adjustable light fixture and having an external surface with a single elongated slot oriented in its entirety in alignment with a longitudinal axis of the first component;
- and
- a second component having an internal surface,
- wherein:
- the external surface of the first component is positioned in contact with a portion of the internal surface of the second component;
- engaging a socket base with a corresponding socket of the adjustable light fixture;
- and
- adjusting the second component relative to the first component such that at least a portion of the extender is positioned within the adjustable light fixture.
An extender comprising:
- a first component having an external surface with a single elongated slot oriented in its entirety in alignment with a longitudinal axis of the first component;
- and
- a second component having an internal surface,
- wherein:
- the external surface of the first component is at least partially positioned in contact with a portion of the internal surface of the second component;
- the first component is secured to and forms part of a lighting portion of an adjustable light fixture;
- and
- the lighting portion is a lighting head that comprises a lens, a lighting head body, and a frame surrounding the lens, wherein (a) the lighting head body extends outward from a back surface of the frame and (b) the lens encloses a front opening of the lighting head body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.