Patent ID: 11867384
Assignee: AXIS LIGHTING INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 11:
12. A light fixture assembly for supporting a light fixture in a ceiling structure, comprising a light fixture mounting structure having a pair of opposed boundary regions configured to fit within a designated light fixture receiving region in the ceiling structure, and at least one flat spring element configured to be spaced outwardly from at least one of the boundary regions, each flat spring element having parallel opposed surface regions, a mounting region configured to be anchored to the mounting structure, wherein the at least one of the boundary regions includes a continuous recess extending along the opposed boundary regions to receive an anchor fastener associated with the mounting region of a corresponding flat spring element for anchoring the flat spring element in a position anywhere along the boundary region, and a free end region adjacent the parallel opposed surface regions and configured to extend from the mounting structure and to be laterally outwardly biased in a first position away from the corresponding boundary region to form a path of contact with a support surface region on the ceiling structure to anchor the mounting structure in the receiving region, each flat spring element further configured to be movable from the first position toward the corresponding boundary region in a second position as the flat spring element makes contact with and slides against an upright surface of the designated light fixture receiving region until the flat spring element passes above a support surface region on the ceiling structure and returns to the first position to form the path of contact with the support surface region to anchor the mounting structure in the receiving region, each flat spring element configured to be movable from the first position toward the corresponding boundary region in the second position to release the path of contact to release the mounting structure from the light fixture receiving region.