# US 2019/0170333 A1 · Lighting fixture mounting systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0170333 A1 - Document ID: US20190170333A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/262,287 - Filed: 2019-01-30 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-29 - Assignees: Feit Electric Company, Inc. - Applicants: Feit Electric Company, Inc. - Inventors: Brian Halliwell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190170333A1 ## CPC - F21V 21/0832: {Hook and loop-type fasteners} - F21S 8/04: intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures (F21S8/02 takes precedence; {details of ceiling bases F21V21/03}) - F21V 21/02: Wall, ceiling, or floor bases; Fixing pendants or arms to the bases (F21V21/08 takes precedence; bases for movable standing lamps F21V21/06) - F21V 23/001: {the elements being electrical wires or cables} - F21V 23/009: {the casing being inside the housing of the lighting device} - F21V 23/026: {Fastening of transformers or ballasts} - F21S 8/033: {the surface being a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade} - F21Y 2105/10: comprising a two-dimensional [2D] array of point-like light-generating elements - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract Example embodiments provide lighting fixture mounting kits for mounting a flat panel lighting fixture to a mounting surface. One mounting kit comprises a mounting frame and a lighting fixture. When the mounting frame is secured to the mounting surface, a junction box is accessible therethrough. The mounting frame and lighting fixture are shaped for engagement and attachment to one another. Another mounting kit comprises a mounting plate and a lighting fixture. The mounting plate may comprise indexing tabs for alignment with corresponding indexing slots of the lighting fixture and extending outwardly from a plate portion of the mounting plate. The lighting fixture may comprise a back portion having therein one or more indexing slots for receiving an indexing tab therein. Insertion of the indexing tab into the indexing slot guides the engagement of the lighting fixture with the mounting plate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mounting system for mounting a lighting fixture, the mounting system comprising a mounting frame comprising: a plate portion configured to be secured to a mounting surface; one or more mounting tabs disposed on the plate portion and configured to secure the lighting fixture to the mounting plate and extending outwardly in a first direction from a plane defined by the plate portion; and one or more indexing tabs extending outwardly from the plane defined by the plate portion, the one or more indexing tabs extending outwardly in the first direction from the plane defined by the plate portion by a larger distance than the one or more mounting tabs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mounting system of claim 1, wherein the lighting fixture further comprises a fixture frame disposed about a perimeter of a back portion of the lighting fixture, the fixture frame comprising: one or more indexing slots; and one or more support rails, wherein the each of the one or more slots provides an opening through a portion of one of the one or more support rails, wherein each slot is configured to receive one of the one or more indexing tabs therein. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mounting system of claim 2 wherein the lighting fixture is generally rectangular. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The mounting system of claim 2, wherein each of the one or more indexing slots is configured to receive one of the one or more indexing tabs therein such that each indexing tab may slide into a corresponding tab recess defined at least in part by one of the one or more support rails. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The mounting system of claim 4, wherein the tab recess is further defined at least in part by: at least one of the fixture frame or the back portion of the lighting fixture. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The mounting system of claim 4, wherein either (a) a defining surface of the tab recess is shaped, (b) a wedge defined on the tab is shaped, or (c) both are shaped such that as the tab is slide into the tab recess, a space between the mounting surface and the back portion of the lighting fixture is reduced. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The mounting system of claim 4, wherein one or more tabs are configured to engage the one or more support rails so as to secure the lighting fixture to the mounting surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The mounting system of claim 2, wherein the lighting fixture further comprises one or more fixture cables and wherein at least one frame cable of the one or more frame cables is configured to be secured to a corresponding fixture cable of the one or more fixture cables. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The mounting system of claim 1, wherein: the mounting frame further comprises a pair of first frame portions and a pair of second frame portions, the pair of first frame portions comprises two elongated first frame portions that are generally parallel with one another, the pair of second frame portions comprises two elongated second frame portions that are generally parallel with one another, the pair of first frame portions and the pair of second frame portions secured to each other such that each first frame portion is secured to one of the second frame portions at one end and the other of the second frame portions at an opposite end to form a quadrilateral, each of the second frame portions comprises a tab portion on each end of the elongated second frame portion, and the tab portions extend outwardly from an exterior perimeter of the quadrilateral. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The mounting system of claim 1, wherein the mounting frame is configured to be secured to a mounting surface by one or more mechanical fasteners. ### Claim 11 A lighting fixture mounting kit for mounting a flat panel lighting fixture to a mounting surface, the lighting fixture mounting kit comprising: a mounting frame comprising one or more mounting frame cables; and a lighting fixture comprising one or more frame connection elements, wherein each of the one or more mounting frame cables are configured to be secured to a corresponding one of the one or more frame connection elements. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The lighting fixture mounting kit of claim 11, further comprising a mounting harness, wherein said mounting harness comprises: one or more fixture cables; and the one or more frame connection elements, the one or more frame connection elements comprising one or more frame cables, and wherein at least one of said one or more fixture cables is configured to be secured to a corresponding one of the one or more frame cables. ### Claim 13 A mounting plate for mounting a lighting fixture, the mounting plate comprising: a frame portion configured to be secured to a mounting surface; one or more indexing tabs disposed on the frame portion and each configured to be inserted into a corresponding slot of the lighting fixture; and one or more frame cables configured to be secured to a corresponding element of the lighting fixture. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The mounting plate of claim 13, wherein the one or more indexing tabs are not configured to suspend the lighting fixture therefrom. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The mounting system of claim 13, wherein: the mounting plate further comprises one or more mounting tabs; and at least one of the one or more mounting tabs is reinforced by (a) an angle reinforcement configured to maintain the angle between the mounting tab and the plate portion, (b) an elongated reinforcement configured to reduce bending of the mounting tab along an elongated portion of the mounting tab, or both. ### Claim 16 A lighting fixture mounting kit for mounting a flat panel lighting fixture to a mounting surface, the lighting fixture mounting kit comprising: a mounting plate comprising: a plate portion; one or more mounting tabs extending outwardly in a first direction from a plane defined by the plate portion; and one or more indexing tabs extending outwardly from the plane defined by the plate portion, the one or more indexing tabs extending outwardly in the first direction from the plane defined by the plate portion by a larger distance than the one or more mounting tabs; and a lighting fixture comprising one or more indexing slots each configured to receive an indexing tab therein such that insertion of the indexing tab into the indexing slot guides the engagement of the lighting fixture with the mounting plate. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The lighting fixture mounting kit of claim 16, wherein the one or more indexing tabs are not configured to suspend the lighting fixture therefrom.