Luminaire, assembly for a grid ceiling, method for installing a luminaire, method for removing a luminaire, and removal tool
AssigneeH4X e.U.
InventorAndreas HIERZER
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Abstract
A luminaire for installing in a grid ceiling includes at least one catch which is arranged in such a way on the luminaire and designed such that the at least one catch snaps into place automatically behind a portion of an element of the grid ceiling and thus engages behind the portion of the element of the grid ceiling in order to hold the luminaire on the grid ceiling. In addition, an assembly for a grid ceiling includes at least one ceiling profile element and at least one such luminaire.
Claims16
A luminaire for installing in a grid ceiling, having at least one catch which is arranged in such a way on the luminaire and designed such that the at least one catch snaps into place automatically behind a portion of an element of the grid ceiling during installation of the luminaire and thus engages behind the portion of the element of the grid ceiling in order to hold the luminaire on the grid ceiling.
An assembly for a grid ceiling, comprising at least one ceiling profile element and at least one luminaire having at least one catch which is arranged in such a way on the luminaire and designed such that the at least one catch snaps into place automatically behind a portion of an element of the grid ceiling during installation of the luminaire and thus engages behind the portion of the element of the grid ceiling in order to hold the luminaire on the grid ceiling, wherein at least one movable catch of the at least one luminaire engages behind a portion of the ceiling profile element of the grid ceiling, wherein the engaging of the catch behind the ceiling profile element holds the at least one luminaire on the grid ceiling.
A method for installing a luminaire, comprising the steps of:
- providing a luminaire having at least one catch which is arranged in such a way on the luminaire and designed such that the at least one catch snaps into place automatically behind a portion of an element of the grid ceiling during installation of the luminaire and thus engages behind the portion of the element of the grid ceiling in order to hold the luminaire on the grid ceiling;
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- moving the luminaire relative to at least one element of the grid ceiling, which element is arranged and fixed in a predefined final position assigned to the element for the purpose of forming the grid ceiling, in such a way that at least one catch of the luminaire snaps into place automatically behind a portion of the element of the grid ceiling, and by the automatic snapping into place engages behind the portion of the element of the grid ceiling in order to hold the luminaire on the grid ceiling.
A method for removing a luminaire having at least one catch which is arranged in such a way on the luminaire and designed such that the at least one catch snaps into place automatically behind a portion of an element of the grid ceiling during installation of the luminaire and thus engages behind the portion of the element of the grid ceiling in order to hold the luminaire on the grid ceiling and installed in a grid ceiling, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a designated removal tool in an insertion direction from a visible side of the grid ceiling into a gap between an element of the grid ceiling and the luminaire;
- the removal tool engaging over a movable catch of the luminaire, which catch engages behind a portion of the element of the grid ceiling in order to hold the luminaire on the grid ceiling;
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- pulling on the removal tool in a direction substantially opposite to the insertion direction, wherein the removal tool is guided in the gap between the element and the luminaire in order to apply to the catch a force that causes the catch to disengage from the portion of the element.
A removal tool for removing a luminaire having at least one catch which is arranged in such a way on the luminaire and designed such that the at least one catch snaps into place automatically behind a portion of an element of the grid ceiling during installation of the luminaire and thus engages behind the portion of the element of the grid ceiling in order to hold the luminaire on the grid ceiling, and being installed in a grid ceiling, wherein the removal tool has a first portion, a second portion connected to the first portion and extending laterally transverse to the first portion, and a tongue connected to the second portion;
- wherein the tongue extends away from the second portion in substantially the same direction as the first portion;
- wherein part of the first portion is in the form of a handle portion for handling the removal tool;
- wherein the second portion, the tongue and part of the first portion delimit a recess, and part of the recess is designed to be a catch holding region for holding a portion of a catch of the luminaire;
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- wherein when a portion of the catch is received in the catch holding region and rests against the second portion of the removal tool, and the tongue protrudes past the catch in the extension direction of the tongue from the second portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.