Tilt and lock air handling fixture
AssigneeGenlyte Thomas Group LLC
InventorsHorst J. Bernhart, Raymond A. Campeau, Jr.
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Abstract
According to the invention, an air handling fixture is provided which can be tilted and locked at a preselected angle when mounted on a sloped ceiling so that a depending pendant tracklight is plumb or perpendicular to a horizontal floor there beneath. The fixture comprises an air handling channel including a plurality of air handling slots, a tilt and lock mechanism, the tilt and lock mechanism having an upper portion, including a toggle lock and casing, and a lower portion, including at least a light retaining component slidably adjustable through a preselected arc.
Claims28
A tilt and lock air handling light fixture, comprising:
- a channel having at least one air handling slot located in an upper surface of said channel;
- a casing disposed within said channel having a substantially curvilinear lower surface;
- a linear extrusion abutting said curvilinear lower surface and slidably adjustable along said curvilinear lower surface.
A tilt and lock air handling light fixture, comprising:
- a channel housing a tilt and lock mechanism;
- said tilt and lock mechanism having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion being slidably adjustable through a preselected arc within said channel;
- said channel having a plurality of air handling slots.
A tilt and lock air handling light fixture, comprising:
- an air handling channel having first and second retaining beads spaced beneath an upper surface of said channel;
- a casing having a curvilinear lower surface suspended within said air handling channel;
- at least one light retaining component slidably abutting said curvilinear lower surface of said casing and being adjustable through an arcuate path.
A tilt and lock air handling light fixture in combination with an angular adjustment tool, comprising:
- a light fixture for a pendant tracklight having:
- an air handling channel;
- a tilt and lock mechanism;
- a light retaining component;
- and,
- an angular measurement tool having:
- at least one leg;
- an engagement portion extending from said at least one leg;
- an angular measuring indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.