Patent ID: 6098943
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: F21V,Y10S

Abstract:
An arrangement for mounting a lighting control motion switch on a wall or ceiling surface; comprising:(a) a housing unit including a front housing portion adapted to house operative components of the lighting control motion switch;(b) a back housing portion of said housing unit being positionable within said front housing portion so as to protrude rearwardly therefrom, said back housing portion having a planar real wall, a recess being formed in said rear wall, and an aperture being formed in an upper end of said recess communicating with the interior of said back housing portion;(c) and a bracket fastenable to said mounting surface, said bracket including upwardly projecting clip structure locatable in said recess and extendable through said aperture in said recess and so as to attach said housing unit to said bracket, said projecting clip structure including a first upstanding leg member which forms a U-shape with a second upstanding leg member at the central portion of said bracket, and said bracket including a detent formed on a surface of said second upstanding leg member facing said planar rear wall which is engageable in a depression formed in said planar rear wall upon said housing unit being mounted on said bracket for latching said housing unit to said bracket.