US 6,616,309 B2Granted

Adjustable mount recessed lighting fixture

OwnerVictor Kelmelis, Maurice Coheninventors

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Abstract

An adjustable mount lighting system includes a housing for attachment to an anchoring structure, typically a beam within a wall, which is facilitated by the use of adjustable brackets attached to the housing using bolts and attached to the anchoring structure using screws. The housing is preferably of a rectangular shape, at least the end walls of which define a planar portion to which a light-transmitting face plate may be secured using screws. The side walls of the housing have slots therethrough into which the bolts extend, and the adjustable brackets have apertures therethrough into which the bolts simultaneously extend prior to their interconnection with their corresponding nuts. The bolts are translatable within the slots to allow adjustment of the housing with respect to the adjustable brackets, and thus allow depth adjustment of the housing with respect to the anchoring structure and the exterior surface of the face plate with respect to the adjacent structures, which may include a wall or mirror.

An adjustable mount lighting fixture for a lighting system comprising:

a housing having a rear member, and continuous with and perpendicular to a first side member, second side member, third side member, and fourth side member to form a rectangular enclosure,
housing having at least four slot openings for facilitating adjustable attachment of said housing to an anchoring structure located with respect to a wall having at least one exterior surface and containing a support for at least one of a light bulb or light tube;
four attachment members, one attachment member for each of said four openings, said attachment member having at least a first aperture therethrough for facilitating adjustable attachment of said opening of said housing to said attachment member, and at least a second aperture therethrough for facilitating fastening of said attachment member to said anchoring structure;
at least one bolt and one nut for each of said four slot openings, said bolt extending through said at least one aperture of said attachment member and through said opening of said housing and interconnected with said nut for adjustably securing said housing to said attachment member, and wherein each said bolt and each of said four attachment members is translatable along said slot to facilitate positioning of said attachment member along said slot through a variety of selectable positions;
a light transmissible face plate having an exterior surface directed generally away from said housing, said face plate fitable and fixably securable to said housing;
and wherein at least two of said first side member, second side member, third side member, and fourth side member has a first planar portion contiguous with and extending from said rear member to an edge, and a second planar portion contiguous with said edge and extending away from said edge and in a direction perpendicular to said first planar portion, and wherein each of said second planar portions has an aperture therethrough for securing said face plate to said housing, a position of said exterior surface of said face plate being adjustable with respect to said exterior surface of said wall structure by adjustment of position of said attachment members.

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