Patent ID: 7798668
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: A47F,F21S,F21V,F21W,H01R

Abstract:
1. A light fixture, comprising: a housing base having first and second housing walls joined along a longitudinal corner extending between opposite ends of said base; a wire channel along an interior side of said longitudinal corner extending substantially from one to another of said opposite ends; an insulated electrical conductor pair in said wire channel, said wire channel having channel walls shaped and sized for partially encompassing a cross section of said conductor pair thereby to retain the conductor pair against substantial lateral displacement in said channel; a wire terminal block near each of said opposite ends of said base, each said terminal block having a terminal block base configured for making retentive engagement with said channel walls for fastening said terminal block to said housing base, said conductor pair having opposite ends electrically connected to an inner side of each said terminal block, an exterior side of each said terminal block being available for connection to an electrical power source thereby to supply electrical power to said conductor pair or for supplying electrical power to another light fixture connected in daisy chain fashion; and one or more a lamp holders, each said holder including a lamp socket connected to piercing prongs and having a lamp holder base configured to make retentive engagement with said channel walls of said wire channel upon pressing of said prongs into electrical contact with said conductor pair thereby to secure said lamp holder to said housing base.