Patent ID: 6945676
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: F16B,F21S,F21V,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In combination: a lighting fixture support canopy defining a support canopy wire opening; a connector element attached to and projecting downwardly from said lighting fixture support canopy adjacent to said support canopy wire opening; a connector hook assembly releasably connected to said connector element, said connector hook assembly including a first connector hook member having an internally threaded base, a second connector hook member pivotally connected to said first connector hook member, and a spring connected to said first and second connector hook members, each of said first and second connector hook members having a distal end, said spring continuously biasing said second connector hook member to maintain the distal end of said second member in engagement with the distal end of said first connection hook member whereby said first and second connector hook members define an opening receiving said connector element, with said first and second connector hook members completely surrounding said connector element; a lamp suspension arm threadedly engaged with the base of said first connector hook member and depending from said first connector hook member, said lamp suspension arm defining an elongated passageway; and electrical wiring extending through the elongated passageway of said lamp suspension arm, through the base of said first connector hook member and through the support canopy wire opening.