Trim retainer
AssigneeCooper Industries, Inc.
InventorWilliam Winkelhake
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Abstract
A trim-ring auxiliary member system for capturing and supporting an auxiliary member relative to an interior and an open end or a lighting housing. The housing includes an annular groove formed in an interior of the housing. The groove is axially spaced from an open end of the housing. A support spring member is removably secured to the interior of the housing and disposed within and retained by the groove. A connecting spring removably attaches the auxiliary member to the support spring member.
Claims18
A trim-ring auxiliary member system for capturing and supporting an auxiliary member relative to an interior and an open end of a lighting housing comprising
- said auxiliary member, said housing includes at least one annular groove formed in an inner wall of said housing, said annular groove axially spaced from said open end of said housing,
- a support spring member sized to be removably secured to said interior of said housing,
- said support spring member disposed within and retained by said at least one annular groove, a connecting spring removably attaching said auxiliary member to said support spring member,
- said support spring member including at least one bridge-like rod means extending inwardly into said housing, one end of said connecting spring connected to said rod means and another end of said connecting spring connected to said auxiliary member.
A trim-ring auxiliary member system for supporting an auxiliary member relative to an interior and open end of a substantially cylindrical lighting housing comprising,
- said auxiliary member, a connecting spring removably attaching said auxiliary member to said support spring member,
- a one-piece support spring member, said one-piece support spring member has a generally annular interrupted configuration with a pair of spaced free ends and a pair of spaced connecting spring holding means, said connecting spring holding means extending towards a radial center of said spring support member, handle means on each free end, said handle means being spaced to form a pair of spaced grippable handles that can be gripped by an operator to reduce a radial dimension of the support spring member for insertion into the interior of said lighting housing,
- at least a partial annular groove retaining means formed on an inner wall of said lighting housing, said groove retaining means being axially spaced from said open end of said lighting housing, said groove retaining means being sized and positioned to hold said spring support member in said lighting housing substantially perpendicular to an axis of said lighting housing wherein by exerting compressive pressure on said handles an operator can remove said spring support member from said groove retaining means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.