Patent ID: 9625133
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: F21S,F21V,Y10T

Claim:
1. A light fixture mounting assembly for mounting a light fixture in a hole in a ceiling panel, the assembly comprising: an annular trim ring configured to be received on a light fixture to be mounted within a ceiling panel hole, and to engage and be carried by a flange extending laterally outward from the light fixture such that the flange holds the trim ring upward against a lower surface of the ceiling panel in a position disposed between the flange and the lower surface of the ceiling panel and spanning an annular gap between the flange and the ceiling panel hole when the light fixture is installed upward through the ceiling panel hole; a top plate configured to be carried by the ceiling panel across the ceiling panel hole and having a top plate hole configured to receive a light fixture to be mounted within the ceiling panel hole, such that the top plate spans an annular gap between the light fixture and the ceiling panel hole; and a mount configured to support the light fixture on the top plate in a position holding the trim ring up against the lower surface of the ceiling panel.