Breakaway plaster frame

A recessed electrical lighting fixture comprising a rectangular metal plate having first and second shorter sides, said plate having a hole therethrough, said hole being closer to said first shorter side than said second shorter side, an integral breakaway zone extending between said hole and said first shorter side, said zone when removed facilitating introducing the frame plate through a hole in a ceiling panel and wherein the ceiling panel hole is approximately the same size as said hole in said plate, an open bottom housing removably mounted on said plate coaxial with the plate hole and being of a size so that it may extend entirely through said plate hole from below the plate, said housing having an electrical receptacle for receiving an electric bulb, a box on said frame, a prewired cable extending from said box to said receptacle.

A plaster frame adapted to be recessed behind a panel comprising a rectangular frame plate having a hole therethrough in a location wherein the hole is closer to one side edge as compared with the opposite side edge of the plate, said plate having a gap extending between said hole and said one side edge of the plate, an open bottom housing removably mounted on said plate by way of fasteners accessible through the open bottom end of said housing, said housing being concentric with said hole, said housing having a receptacle for receiving an electric light source, a box on said frame, and wires extending from said receptacle to said box.