Electrical power cord manager for a lighting fixture
AssigneeAcuity Brands, Inc.
InventorsDouglas J. Herst, Utkan Salman
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Abstract
A cord manager for a suspended electric lighting fixture holds the fixture's power cord in close parallel relation to the fixture's suspension cable at electrical feed locations. The cord manager, which is suitably fabricated of extruded plastic, has an elongated first body portion with a lengthwise cable retention channel and an elongated second body portion having a power cord retention channel. In one embodiment of the invention, the retention channel for the suspension cable opens onto the power cord retention channel. In another embodiment, the suspension cable and power cord retention channels open outwardly away from each other. The cord manager provides the clean, finished look to the lighting installation at power feed locations.
Claims26
A cord manager for a suspended lighting fixture having an electrical power cord and suspended by a suspension cable near the location of said electrical power cord, said cord manager comprising
- a first elongated body portion having a lengthwise cable retention channel therethrough and having a lengthwise side opening to said cable retention channel for fitting the suspension cable of the lighting fixture into said channel, said side opening and cable retention channel being sized and shaped to receive and capture the suspension cable of the lighting fixture, and
- a second elongated body portion having a lengthwise power cord retention channel therethrough and having a lengthwise side opening to the power cord retention channel for fitting the electrical power cord of the lighting fixture into said channel, said side opening and power cord retention channel being sized to receive and capture the power cord of a lighting fixture,
- said first elongated body portion being in close parallel relation to said second elongated body portion such that the electrical power cord captured in the power cord retention channel is held in close parallel relation to the suspension cable captured in the cable retention channel.
A cord manager for a suspended lighting fixture having an electrical power cord and suspended by a suspension cable near the location of said electrical power cord, said cord manager comprising
- an elongated unitary body, said body including
- a first elongated semi-circular wall portion forming a lengthwise circular cable retention channel and a lengthwise side opening to said cable retention channel for fitting the suspension cable of the lighting fixture into said channel, said side opening and cable retention channel being sized and shaped to receive and capture the suspension cable of the lighting fixture, and
- a second elongated semi-circular wall portion forming a lengthwise circular power cord retention channel and a lengthwise side opening to the power cord retention channel for fitting the electrical power cord of the lighting fixture into said channel, said side opening and power cord retention channel being sized to receive and capture the power cord of the lighting fixture.
A cord manager for a suspended lighting fixture having an electrical power cord and suspended by a suspension cable near the location of said electrical power cord, said cord manager comprising
- a first elongated thin wall body portion having a lengthwise cable retention channel therethrough and having a lengthwise side opening to said cable retention channel for fitting the suspension cable of a lighting fixture into said channel, said side opening and cable retention channel being sized and shaped to receive and capture the suspension cable of a lighting fixture, and
- a second thin wall elongated body portion integrally connected to said first body portion, said second thin wall elongated body portion having a lengthwise power cord retention channel therethrough and a lengthwise side opening to the power cord retention channel for fitting the electrical power cord of a lighting fixture into said channel, said side opening and power cord retention channel being sized to receive and capture the power cord of a lighting fixture,
- said first elongated body portion being in close parallel relation to said second elongated body portion such that an electrical power cord captured the is held in close parallel relation to the captured in cable retention channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.