Patent ID: 7862214
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A lighting device, comprising: a lighting device housing, said lighting device housing comprising an electrical receptacle and a sidewall having an internal surface, said internal surface of said sidewall defining an internal space, said sidewall terminating in a sidewall end region; a trim element, said trim element comprising at least first and second portions, said first portion of said trim element being positioned within said internal space, said second portion of said trim element extending beyond said internal space, said second portion of said trim element comprising a second portion end region which is positioned farther from an axis of said internal surface than said sidewall end region; and at least a first mounting clip, said first mounting clip being mounted pivotally about a first pivot axis on said trim element, said first mounting clip having a first mounting clip first end region, said first mounting clip first end region being spaced from said first pivot axis, said first mounting clip being pivotable about said first pivot axis at least from a first mounting clip first position, where said first mounting clip first end region does not extend beyond a periphery of said first portion of said trim element, to a first mounting clip second position, where said first mounting clip first end region extends beyond a periphery of said first portion of said trim element, such that if said first mounting clip is in said first mounting clip second position and then said trim element is rotated in a first direction about said axis of said internal surface, as a result of contact between said first mounting clip first end region and said lighting device housing, said first mounting clip will pivot relative to said first pivot axis to a first mounting clip third position, where said first mounting clip engages said lighting device housing such that said trim element is biased in a direction in which said second portion of said trim element is biased toward said sidewall end region.