Patent ID: 6439750
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W

Abstract:
An electrical fixture mountable to an outlet box through which electrical wires for connecting the fixture to a power source are routed, the fixture comprising:a cover on which a canopy is formed, the cover defining an opening; a socket assembly independent of the cover; the socket assembly including a mounting arm having a lamp receiving socket mounted at one end of said arm; a barrier wall mounting plate fitting over the cover opening and to which both said socket assembly and said cover are connected, the plate having an opening therein through which the free ends of the wires extend, the free ends of the wires being spliced together with ends of the electrical wires routed through the outlet box, the mounting plate including connecting means for attaching the plate to the outlet box with the electrical fixture being movable relative to the resulting outlet box/mounting plate assembly for the fixture to be positioned in a preferred orientation regardless of the orientation of the outlet box, and with all of the electrical wires being completely enclosed by the outlet box and mounting plate.