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US 6,669,355 B2Granted
Housing rotation lock for a track lighting fixture
AssigneeCooper Technologies Company
InventorsBruce Layne, James V. Agro
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Abstract
A track lighting fixture includes a first housing half and a second housing half. The first housing half includes a surface, an inner perimeter, a recess in the surface, and mating ramps extending from the inner perimeter. The second housing half includes a surface, a protrusion extending from the surface, and mating arms extending from the surface.
Claims23
A track lighting fixture comprising:
- a first housing half having a surface, an inner perimeter, at least one recess in the surface, and at least one mating ramp extending from the inner perimeter;
- and
- a second housing half having a surface, at least one protrusion extending from the surface, and at least one mating arm extending from the surface,
- wherein the protrusion is configured to fit within the recess and the mating arm is configured to mate with the mating ramp when the first housing half is mated to the second housing half.
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A method of mating a first housing half of a lighting fixture to a second housing half of a lighting fixture, the method comprising:
- providing a first housing half having a surface, an inner perimeter, at least one recess in the surface, and at least one mating ramp extending from the inner perimeter;
- providing a second housing half having a surface, at least one protrusion extending from the surface, and at least one mating arm extending from the surface;
- placing the first housing half against the second housing half;
- and
- rotating the first housing half relative to the second housing half until the protrusion is within the recess and the mating arm is mated with the mating ramp.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.