Light fixture mounting method and assembly
AssigneeMan-D-Tec, Inc.
InventorsTerry Roy Mandy, Dalton John Mandy, Brandon Roy Mandy
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Abstract
An assembly for mounting a light fixture in a hole in a ceiling panel and including an annular trim ring that's held upward against a lower surface of a ceiling panel by the light fixture to be mounted, such that the trim ring spans an annular gap between such light fixture and the ceiling panel hole. A top plate is carried by the ceiling panel across the ceiling panel hole and includes a top plate hole that receives the light fixture to be mounted such that the top plate spans an annular gap between the light fixture and the ceiling panel hole. A mount supports the light fixture on the top plate in a position holding the trim ring up against the lower surface of the ceiling panel.
Claims22
A light fixture mounting assembly for mounting a light fixture in a hole in a ceiling panel, the assembly comprising:
- an annular trim ring configured to be held upward against a lower surface of a ceiling panel by a light fixture to be mounted within a ceiling panel hole in the ceiling panel such that the trim ring spans an annular gap between such light fixture and the ceiling panel hole;
- a top plate configured to be carried by the ceiling panel across the ceiling panel hole and having a top plate hole configured to receive a light fixture to be mounted, such that the top plate spans an annular gap between such light fixture and the ceiling panel hole;
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- a mount configured to support such a light fixture on the top plate in a position holding the trim ring up against the lower surface of the ceiling panel.
A method for mounting a light fixture in a hole in a ceiling panel, the method including the steps of:
- providing a light fixture;
- providing a ceiling panel having a ceiling panel hole larger in circumference or diameter than the fixture;
- providing a light fixture mounting assembly comprising an annular trim ring having an outer diameter larger than a diameter of the ceiling panel hole and having a trim ring hole large enough to receive the light fixture, the assembly further comprising a top plate large enough to span the ceiling panel hole and having a top plate hole large enough to receive the light fixture;
- supporting the trim ring on the light fixture;
- passing the light fixture upward through the ceiling panel hole;
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- supporting the light fixture on the top plate in a position holding the trim ring up against the lower surface of the ceiling panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.