Patent ID: 6247833
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W

Abstract:
An outdoor building lamp fixture support and junction box for mounting a lamp fixture that refracts light in different directions to a building for being wired to an electrical building junction box in the building and for acting as a wiring terminal for the other fixtures by being capable of holding electrical wires from the building junction box for electrically connecting at least one other lamp fixture to the building junction box, the lamp fixture including a housing having at least one sloping side and a glass portion extending from the housing, said lamp fixture support and junction box comprising:a lamp junction box for being mounted to the building and electrically connected to the building junction box and for holding electrical power wires from the lamp fixture and from the building junction box, said lamp junction box including:a rear wall mountable to the building;opposing, parallel sidewalls extending from said first wall;ridges extending from said side walls and being slightly angled to match the slope of said at least one sloping side wall of the housing;a bottom wall extending from the lower edge of said rear wall and being transverse to said side walls; andat least one aperture for electrical power wires to pass between said lamp junction box and the building junction box and between said lamp junction box and the at least one other lamp fixture;said lamp junction box being of sufficient capacity to hold electrical power wires to electrically connect the lamp fixture to the building junction box and to electrically connect at least one other lamp fixture to the building junction box, and being of sufficient strength to hold the lamp fixture in an outdoor environment;a mounting plate for attachment to the light fixture, said mounting plate including:a mounting wall for closing the front of said lamp junction box when said lamp fixture is attached to said lamp junction box, said mounting wall having a wall structure defining cavities for receiving by sliding engagement said ridges to attach said light fixture with said mounting plate attached thereto, to said lamp junction box; andan aperture for passing electrical power wires between the lamp fixture and said lamp junction box; anda top plate for covering and enclosing said lamp junction box.