Tenon for mounting a lighting fixture
AssigneeKim Lighting, Inc.
InventorsWayne W. Compton, Richard B. Shaner
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Abstract
A tenon for mounting a lighting fixture to a support. The tenon has a cavity accessible through a removable cover, inside which a wiring splice can be made to join the wiring from the lighting fixture to other electrical circuitry wiring. The splice can be made and inspected at the tenon without removing the lighting fixture from the tenon or from the support. Means is also provided to mount the tenon to the support, and to mount the fixture to the tenon.
Claims20
A lighting fixture tenon for structurally mounting a fixture to a support, the fixture including wires to be spliced to wiring from the support at a splice within the tenon, said tenon comprising:
- a structural body having a wall defining an internal cavity and having an aperture in said wall:
- a cover removably attachable to said wall to close said aperture;
- fixture mounting means for structurally mounting the lighting fixture to the body;
- and tenon mounting means for structurally mounting the body to the support comprising an adapter including a shoulder which is so proportioned and arranged as to engage an end surface on said support, an entry portion so proportioned and arranged as to enter said support, and engagement means to hold the adapter to the support, the tenon having openings adjacent to each of said means to admit wires to be spliced inside said cavity, said splice being accessible for inspection by removing the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.