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US 2006/0232981 A1Published application
Luminaire with multi-purpose mounting feature
AssigneeSylvan R. Shemitz Designs, Inc.
InventorsDavid Pfund, James Melling
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Abstract
A luminaire including a housing and a multi-purpose mounting feature formed at an interior of the housing, where the mounting feature is configured to receive and retain a mount for mounting of the luminaire on a vertical surface, and where the mounting feature is configured to receive and retain an electrical cord, to direct the electrical cord at least partially along a length of the luminaire, and to conceal the electrical cord from view.
Claims20
A luminaire, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a multi-purpose mounting feature formed at an interior of the housing;
- wherein the mounting feature is configured to receive and retain a mount for mounting of the luminaire on a vertical surface;
- and
- wherein the mounting feature is configured to receive and retain an electrical cord, to direct the electrical cord at least partially along a length of the luminaire, and to conceal the electrical cord from view.
3 more elements
A method of mounting a luminaire on a vertical surface, the luminaire including a power cord extending therefrom, the method comprising:
- disposing the power cord in a multi-purpose mounting feature formed at an interior of the luminaire to conceal the cord from view;
- directing the power cord in a horizontal direction in the multi-purpose mounting feature along at least part of a length of the luminaire;
- affixing a plurality of mounting brackets onto the vertical surface;
- and
- inserting the mounting brackets into the multi-purpose mounting feature to support the luminaire;
- wherein the multi-purpose mounting feature is configured such that the mounting brackets do not interfere with said directing of the power cord along the length of the luminaire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.