Landscape light fixture with slide and lock mounting bracket assembly

A light fixture, comprising:

• a housing having a generally rectangular shape, a hollow interior and an open end;
• a source of illumination mounted in the housing;
• a clear or translucent cover that extends across a lower end of the housing;
• and
• a bracket assembly mounted to the housing including a housing bracket having a generally planar rectangular configuration and mounted to a rear side of the housing and a mounting bracket configured to be secured to a building structure, the housing bracket and the mounting bracket being configured for mating and subsequent relative linear sliding motion to releasably lock the housing bracket to the mounting bracket;
• wherein the mounting bracket has a generally planar configuration so that it can overlap and slide relative to the housing bracket, the mounting bracket including a resilient locking tab configured to deflect to allow passage of a portion of the housing bracket, and wherein the locking tab has a distal segment that engages an edge of the portion of the housing bracket after the portion of the housing bracket has moved a predetermined distance to allow the locking tab to spring back to releasably lock the housing bracket to the mounting bracket.

A light fixture for installation on building structures and on other structures located around lawns and gardens of residential and commercial properties, comprising:

• a housing having a hollow interior and an opening formed in one end thereof;
• a source of illumination mounted within the housing;
• a transparent cover extending across the opening in the end of the housing;
• and
• a bracket assembly mounted to the housing, the bracket assembly including a housing bracket mounted to an exterior of the housing and a mounting bracket configured to be secured to a building structure, the housing bracket and the mounting bracket being configured for mating engagement and subsequent relative linear sliding motion to releasably lock the housing bracket to the mounting bracket, the housing bracket having a generally planar rectangular configuration and being mounted to a rear side of the housing, the mounting bracket having a generally planar configuration so that it can overlap and slide relative to the housing bracket, the mounting bracket including a resilient locking tab configured to deflect to allow passage of a first portion of the housing bracket, the locking tab having a distal segment that engages an edge of the first portion of the housing bracket after the portion of the housing bracket has moved a predetermined distance to allow the locking tab to spring back to releasably lock the housing bracket to the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket including a retaining tab that allows passage of a second portion of the housing bracket and retains the second portion of the mounting bracket.