Patent ID: 6588922
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
An open mounting frame of a recessed lighting fixture for supporting the recessed lighting fixture in a fixture aperture formed in a ceiling having a lower surface and upper surface, said frame having an annular base ring, said base ring adapted to engage the lower surface of the ceiling, a pair of spaced apart columnar uprights connected to the base ring, each upright having one end connected to the base ring, said uprights being substantially diametrically opposed to each other, said columnar uprights connected to each other by a bridge, said bridge connected to ends of the columnar uprights opposite the ends connected to the base ring, a lock connected to each of the uprights, each of the locks being adapted to engage the upper surface of the ceiling to hold the frame in the fixture aperture in cooperation with the base ring, said bridge includes a pair of sloped supports, each of the supports having one end fixed to a respective columnar upright, and a span connecting the sloped supports at their respective ends opposite to the end fixed to the columnar uprights, said span adapted to support a lamp socket.