Recessed Light Can Height Adjustment
AssigneeGenlyte Thomas Group LLC
InventorsAntonio Magisano, Yong Wang
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Abstract
A recessed down lighting system having an adjustable retaining bracket. The adjustable retaining bracket facilitates attachment of a reflector to ceilings, walls, or the like of variable thicknesses. The recessed down lighting system may be installed in locations having reduced overhead space above the ceiling or where minimal lateral clearance is available behind the ceiling. The retaining bracket and fastener can be installed and vertically adjusted through the open end of the reflector to secure the reflector to the ceiling.
Claims30
A recessed down lighting system comprising:
- a housing having a top wall with a depending sidewall;
- said sidewall forming an open end, and a peripheral flange substantially surrounding said open end;
- at least one bracket having a biasing flange and a compression flange and an interposed sliding section;
- said biasing flange projecting inside said housing, said sliding section engaging said sidewall, and said compression flange projecting away from said sidewall;
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- a biasing member adjustably biasing said biasing flange away from said top wall.
A recessed down lighting system comprising:
- a housing having a top wall with a depending sidewall;
- said sidewall forming an open end, and a peripheral flange substantially surrounding said open end;
- at least one bracket having a biasing flange and a compression flange and an interposed sliding section;
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- said sidewall having one or more bendable protrusions defining an entry channel, wherein said one or more bendable protrusions being folded into said entry channel securing said at least one bracket to said sidewall.
A recessed down lighting system comprising:
- a housing having a top wall with a depending sidewall;
- said sidewall forming an open end, and a peripheral flange substantially surrounding said open end;
- at least one bracket having a biasing flange and a compression flange and an interposed sliding section;
- said sidewall having a first edge disposed above a second edge;
- said first edge restricting substantially downward vertical movement of said at least one bracket;
- said second edge restricting substantially upward vertical movement of said at least one bracket;
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- a biasing member adjustably biasing said biasing flange away from said top wall.
A recessed down lighting system adapted for mounting into an aperture of a ceiling having an inside surface and an outside surface comprising:
- a housing mounted within said aperture, said housing having a top wall and a depending sidewall forming an open end opposite said top wall;
- a peripheral flange substantially surrounding said open end and engaging said outside surface of said ceiling panel;
- said sidewall having a first slot disposed over a second slot;
- an elongated bracket having a first portion positioned inside said housing substantially parallel to said top wall, a second portion projecting outside said housing having passed through said first slot, a third portion positioned inside said housing substantially parallel with said sidewall between said first slot and said second slot and a fourth portion projecting outside said second slot;
- said fourth portion having an outwardly extending lower flange projecting away from said sidewall;
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- a biasing member adjustably biasing said bracket away from said top wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.