Patent ID: 6315428
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: E04B,F21S,F21V

Abstract:
A mounting for retaining a light fixture in a grid suspended below a ceiling, the grid having a first plurality of parallel frame members extending in a first direction and a second plurality of parallel frame members extending in a second direction perpendicular to said first plurality of frame members, each of said frame members having a planar horizontally oriented lower bar and a planar vertically oriented upper bar with a lower edge thereof joined along a center of said lower bar, the grid defining a plurality of rectangular openings having given dimension with vertical sidewalls and an inwardly extending lower lip, the mounting comprisinga frame body defining a rectangle having opposing outer walls with outer dimensions a little less than said given dimensions of said rectangular opening,said frame body having a planar lower surface adjacent to said outer sidewalls for engaging said lip around said sidewalls,electrical connector means for connecting into an electrical system,light fixture connector means on a lower surface of said frame body for removeably retaining a light fixture below said frame body, andcentering means for centering said frame within the rectangular opening defined by said first and second frame members.