Light Fixture and Assembly
AssigneeCanlyte Inc.
InventorsHoward Yaphe, Robert Katz, Sylvain Duchesne, Jean Gagne, Andrew Miles
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Abstract
A housing support assembly for supporting a linear light fixture, said light fixture having an elongate linear housing for accommodating one or more than one lamp, the support assembly comprising a first planar support member and a second support member, said first planar support member being arranged to be releasably coupled with the second support member, said first planar support member conforming to a predetermined cross-sectional dimension of the linear housing for releasable coupling therewith, said support assembly being adapted to mount one or more than one lamp socket thereon.
Claims48
A housing support assembly for supporting a light fixture, said light fixture having an elongate linear housing for accommodating one or more than one lamp, the support assembly comprising a first planar support member and a second support member, said first support member having a central receiving region to receive the second support member and to be releasably coupled therewith, said first planar support member conforming to a predetermined cross-sectional dimension of the linear housing for releasable coupling therewith, said support assembly being adapted to mount one or more than one lamp socket thereon.
A device for use in suspending adjacent sections of a light fixture assembly from an overhead structure, comprising a hanger member and suspension means for suspending the hanger member from the overhead structure, the hanger member having two elongate alignment members, each alignment member having a pair of opposed tongue portions for engaging a corresponding pair of first support formations in the adjacent sections said alignment member having a pair of spaced support flanges extending therefrom, a clamping member supported between the spaced support flanges for movement relative thereto, the clamping member having a pair of opposed wings for engaging a corresponding pair of second support formations in the adjacent sections, said wings being adjacent the corresponding second support formations when the tongue portions are engaged with the corresponding first support formations, each clamping member being movable to bring the wings into clamping engagement with the second support formations and to move the adjacent sections into locking engagement with the hanger member.
A housing support assembly for supporting a light fixture, said light fixture having an elongate linear housing for accommodating one or more than one lamp, the support assembly comprising a first planar support member and a second support member, said first support member having a central receiving region to receive the second support member and to be coupled therewith, said first planar support member conforming to a predetermined cross-sectional dimension of the linear housing for releasable coupling therewith, said support assembly being adapted to mount one or more than one lamp socket on the first and/or second support member.
A housing support assembly for supporting a light fixture, said light fixture having an elongate linear housing for accommodating one or more than one lamp, the support assembly comprising a first support blank and a second support member, said first support blank being formed with a central receiving region to receive the second support member, said first support blank having a peripheral region which is formed to conform to a predetermined cross-sectional dimension of the linear housing for releasable coupling therewith, said support assembly being adapted to mount one or more than one lamp socket thereon.
A method of preparing a plurality of different light fixture assemblies, comprising the steps of:
- providing a pair of first support assemblies and a first housing, which when assembled form part of a first light fixture;
- providing a pair of second support assemblies and a second housing, which when assembled form part of a second light fixture;
- providing the first housing with a first cross sectional profile and the second housing with a second cross sectional profile which is different from the first cross sectional profile;
- providing each first support assembly with a first plate member and a first block member supported thereby;
- shaping the outer periphery of the first plate member to be complementary with at least a portion of the cross sectional profile of the first elongate linear housing;
- providing each second support assembly with a second plate member and a second block member supported thereby, wherein the second block member and the first block member are substantially the same;
- shaping the outer periphery of the second plate member to be complementary with at least a portion of the cross sectional profile of the second elongate linear housing;
- locating an electrical and/or network coupling in one or both of the first block members of the first support assemblies for delivering power to an interior region of the first and elongate linear housing;
- locating an electrical and/or network coupling in one or both of the second block members of the second support assemblies for delivering power to an interior region of the second elongate linear housings;
- locating one or more lamps in the first and second elongate linear housings;
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- coupling each of the lamps with a corresponding electrical coupling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.