US 12,736,194 B2Granted

Surface mounted lighting system

OwnerFrancesco Zuccaroinventor

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Abstract

A surface mounted lighting system includes a pre-cut aluminum strip conductor adapted for direct attachment to a wall surface or ceiling surface to define a circuit path. At least one LED light is in electrical communication with the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor at a selected surface location on the wall or ceiling surface. An aluminum feed strip and an aluminum return strip provide electrical connection between the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor loop and a controller having electronics or electrical circuitry for controlling operation of the at least one LED light and for providing power for energizing the at least one LED light adhered to the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor. A method of installing a surface mounted lighting system so also provided. The surface mounted lighting system does not require a user to design and lay out an electrical circuit upon which to install LED lights.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A surface mounted lighting system comprising:

a pre-cut aluminum strip conductor having integrally formed linear stretches and corners defining a substantially rectangular shape;
said pre-cut aluminum strip conductor comprising a first conductor member, and a second conductor member in spaced apart relation to the first conductor member, said pre-cut aluminum strip conductor being adapted for direct attachment to a wall surface or a ceiling surface to define a circuit path;
at least one LED light having a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact adhered to and in electrical communication with the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor at a selected surface location on a wall surface or a ceiling surface;
a controller having electronics or electrical circuitry for controlling operation of the at least one LED light and for providing power for energizing the at least one LED light adhered to the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor;
an aluminum feed strip comprising a first conductive aluminum member underlapping the first conductor member of the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor, and a second conductive member underlapping the second conductive member of the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor for electrical connection between the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor and the controller;
and
an aluminum return strip comprising a first conductive aluminum member underlapping the first conductor member of the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor and a second conductive aluminum member underlapping the second conductor member of the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor for electrical connection between the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor and the controller to complete an electrical circuit.

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A method of installing a surface mounted lighting system comprising the steps of:

providing a pre-cut aluminum strip conductor having integrally formed linear stretches and corners defining a substantially rectangular shape comprising a first conductor member, and a second conductor member in spaced apart relation to the first conductor member, each of the first conductor member and the second conductor member comprising an aluminum strip of a selected size and shape to make electrical contact with a respective one of a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact of at least one LED light, an adhesive layer fixed to a first side of each of the first conductor member and the second conductor member for attachment to a wall surface or a ceiling surface, and a removable backing layer in protective contact with the adhesive layer prior to attachment to the wall surface or ceiling surface;
removing the removable backing layer and attaching the adhesive layer of the first conductor member and the second conductor member to the wall surface or the ceiling surface;
adhering the first electrical contact of the LED light with the first conductor member and the second conductor member with the second electrical contact of the LED light in electrical communication;
attaching an aluminum feed strip comprising a first conductive aluminum member and a second conductive member for electrical connection between the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor and a controller having electronics or electrical circuitry for controlling operation of the at least one LED light and for providing power for energizing the at least one LED light adhered to the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor;
attaching an aluminum return strip comprising a first conductive aluminum member and a second conductive aluminum member for electrical connection between the pre-cut aluminum strip conductor and the controller to complete an electrical circuit;
and
connecting the controller to an electrical supply.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/217,785Filed 23 May 2025
Priority: CA 325279821 Aug 2024
Published: US 2026/0055861 A126 Feb 2026
Granted: 15 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

F21S 8/046
Intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures: having multiple lighting devices, e.g. connected to a common ceiling base
F21V 21/0808
Devices for easy attachment to any desired place, e.g. clip, clamp, magnet: adhesive means
F21V 23/001
Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices: the elements being electrical wires or cables
F21V 23/008
Enclosed in a casing: the casing being outside the housing of the lighting device