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US 5,562,343 AGranted
Multifunctional recessed lighting fixture
AssigneeLightolier Division of The Genlyte Group Incorporated
InventorsKingsley Chan, Neil Russo, Andreas Pericleous
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Abstract
A multifunctional recessed lighting fixture which offers a unique combination of modular parts and unit components which can be assembled in a plurality of possible variations resulting in distinctive appearance of the variants assembled, yet maintaining an appearance of continuity among the recessed lights.
Claims5
A multifunction recessed lighting fixture, comprising;
- a housing shell having an aperture defined by a rim disposed therein;
- an interchangeable socket harness mounting a first end of a lamp, said socket harness comprised of pre-wired detachable electric connection, said socket harness detachably mounted in said housing shell;
- an interchangeable lampholder assembly mounting a second end of said lamp, said lampholder assembly having a lower member with a central opening, said lampholder assembly detachably disposed in said housing shell;
- an interchangeable reflector trim mounted to said shell through said aperture defined by Said rim and through said central opening in said lower member;
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- wherein said interchangeable lampholder assembly has an offsetting mechanism comprised of a lamp-holding member designed to hold said lamp offset laterally and parallely from a physical center of said reflector trim such that a center of a beam of light emitted from said lamp is offset laterally from the physical center of said reflector trim.
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