Light cover quick and safe release device
OwnerRobert Eugene Grossinventor
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Abstract
An improved light cover mounting device is disclosed. A housing, capable of attachment to a light fixture, contains a compression spring and a spring-biased, retractable retaining rod. The retaining rod extends through the screw hole of a conventional light cover arrangement and engages the recessed portion of the light cover. A roll pin, projecting laterally through the housing and the retaining rod, is held at either end by L-shaped openings on the housing. The roll pin holds the compression spring inside the housing and may be hooked into the locking portion of the L-shaped openings to hold the retaining rod in the retracted position.
Claims8
A light with a light cover retained on a light fixture by a retaining device, wherein said retaining device comprises:
- a housing having an open bottom and a partially open top and sides,
- securing means for attaching said housing to the light fixture attached adjacent said open bottom,
- a rod extending through said partially open top, and through said open bottom,
- resilient means surrounding said rod for biasing said rod toward said open bottom,
- means on said rod to prevent said rod from being disengaged from said housing by said resilient means,
- means on said side of said housing for holding said rod in a first and second position,
- in said first position said rod projects from said open bottom, and
- in said second position said rod is retracted into said housing.
A light with a light cover retained on a light fixture by a retaining device, wherein said retaining device comprises:
- housing having an open bottom anda partially open top and side,
- securing means for attaching said housing to the light fixture attached adjacent said open bottom,
- a rod extending through said partially open top, and through said open bottom,
- said rod having a first end which is positioned outside of said housing, and
- said rod having a second end which is, in a first position, outside of said housing, and in a second position said rod second end is completely inside said housing,
- resilient means surrounding said rod for biasing said rod toward said open bottom,
- means on said rod to prevent said rod from being disengaged from said housing by said resilient means,
- means on said side of said housing for holding said rod in said first and second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.