Patent ID: 11940132
Assignee: HUNTER FAN COMPANY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 25:
26. A light assembly suspended from a structure to illuminate a space, the light assembly comprising:
a ball mount having a threaded opening;
a hanger bracket comprising:
a plate, the plate having a face with a set of fastener openings;
a seat spaced from the plate and depending from the face of the plate, wherein the seat is shaped to receive and seat the ball mount; and
a mouth opening providing access to the seat for the ball mount;
a downrod including opposing first and second ends, with the first end comprising a threaded receptacle;
a canopy having a face and a side wall, wherein a set of fastener holes in the face of the canopy correspond with the set of fastener openings in the face of the plate to define corresponding pairs of fastener holes in the face of the plate and the face of the canopy;
a set of fasteners having a corresponding fastener for each of the corresponding pairs of fastener holes, wherein the corresponding fastener passes through the corresponding pair of fastener holes to secure the face of the canopy to the face of the plate;
a light coupled to the second end of the downrod; and
a threaded connector threadedly coupling the threaded opening of the ball mount to the threaded receptacle.