Mounting device for lighting sources and associated method

A method of mounting onto a substrate a plate or board-like lighting source, comprising:

• providing a frame member for surrounding said plate or board-like lighting source,
• anchoring said frame member onto said substrate so as to allow movement thereof towards and away from said substrate, with said frame member elastically urged towards said substrate,
• providing at least one locking member mounted on said frame member and laterally displaceable with respect to said frame member between a laterally outward position and a laterally inward position, with said at least one locking member in said laterally outward position,
• after said providing the frame member, inserting said plate or board-like lighting source in said frame member so as to position said source between said frame member and said substrate, and
• moving said at least one locking member into said laterally inward position, in which said at least one locking member abuts against said plate or board-like lighting source located between said frame member and said substrate and elastically urges said plate or board-like lighting source towards said substrate.

A mounting device for mounting on a substrate a plate or board-like lighting source, comprising:

• a frame member for surrounding said plate or board-like lighting source,
• a set of anchoring formations for anchoring said frame member onto said substrate while permitting movement of said frame member towards and away from said substrate,
• elastic means for elastically urging said frame member towards said substrate, and at least one locking member mounted on said frame member and laterally displaceable with respect to said frame member between:
• a laterally outward position, in which said plate or board-like source can be inserted into said frame member and positioned between said frame member and said substrate, and
• a laterally inward position, in which said at least one locking member abuts against said plate or board-like lighting source located between said frame member and said substrate, elastically urging said plate or board-like lighting source towards said substrate,
• wherein said frame member comprises two opposite rectilinear sides and wherein said at least one locking member comprises a bar member extending along one of said opposite rectilinear sides.