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US 5,491,618 AGranted
Light fixture
AssigneeLights of America, Inc.
InventorUsman Vakil
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Abstract
A quick connect/disconnect light fixture which requires no tools to install or remove after the initial installation. The disclosed light fixture enables a typical consumer to convert a traditional incandescent light fixture to a fluorescent light fixture and to maintain the light fixture after it is installed.
Claims11
A light fixture comprising:
- a base plate fixably securable to at least one of a ceiling and a wall;
- a light assembly including means for producing visible light, said light assembly including a flush mount surface;
- and
- connecting means for removably securing said flush mount surface of said light assembly to said base plate in abutting facing relationship, said connecting means including first and second portions, the first portion including a plurality of projections and the second portion including a plurality of receptacles, wherein said plurality of projections slidably engage a corresponding plurality of said plurality of receptacles to removably secure said light assembly to said base plate and wherein said plurality of projections depend from said base plate and said plurality of receptacles are disposed in said light assembly.
1 more element
A light fixture comprising:
- a base plate fixably securable to at least one of a ceiling and a wall;
- a light assembly including means for producing visible light, said light assembly including a flush mount surface;
- and
- connecting means for removably securing said flush mount surface of said light assembly to said base plate in abutting facing relationship, said connecting means including first and second portions, the first portion including a plurality of projections and the second portion including a plurality of receptacles, wherein said plurality of projections slidably engage a corresponding plurality of said plurality of receptacles to removably secure said light assembly to said base plate and wherein said plurality of projections are disposed on said light assembly and said plurality of receptacles are disposed in said base plate.
1 more element
A method for installing and removing a light fixture comprising the steps of:
- fixably securing a base plate to at least one of a ceiling and a wall;
- and
- removably securing a light assembly including a flush mount surface to said base plate by slidably connecting a plurality of projections depending from said base plate to a corresponding plurality of receptacles disposed in said light assembly, such that said flush mount surface is in abutting facing relationship with said base plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.