Patent ID: 6455775
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: F21V,H02G

Abstract:
A light fixture assembly and installation structure capable of both hanging and suspended applications comprised of a switch box having formed in its circumferential edge an opening and a suspending rod tightly fastened onto the said switch box, in which:The said switch box has fitted within the said opening a mounting block, the lateral end of the said mounting block extending through the said opening and, furthermore, disposed through the inner circumference is a rectangular passage, with the said passage penetrating the position of the said switch box, and fastened at the outer circumference is a fixing ring that positions the said mounting block inside the said switch box; the said mounting block has profiled at its other lateral end inside the said switch box a platform and, furthermore, formed along the top surface of the said platform is a channel that is contiguous with the said passage; the said platform has disposed at each of its two sides a retainer fastened by means of a bolt and, furthermore, the free ends of the said retainers normally project into the said passage; since the said retainer fastening sections are situated against a side wall of the said mounting block, the said retainers are only capable of being pushed outward in a single direction on the support points of the said fastening sections and cannot be pivoted inward; furthermore, a positioning spring is installed onto the two said retainers to connect them at their said free ends on the top surface by means of a bolt and, furthermore, the said positioning spring is normally in a compressed state; the said suspending rod has at its conjoinment area that is aligned with and secured to the said switch box a rectangular insertion rod and, furthermore, slightly protruding from the two sides of the said insertion rod is a bottoming end that pushes outward against the said retainers; when the said suspending rod is inserted into the said passage, the said positioning spring installed at the upper extent of the said free ends is pulled an appropriate degree; and after the said suspending rod is inserted, the structural feature of the retainers is that they cannot be withdrawn once engaged, thereby tightly positioning the said suspending rod onto the said switch box and effectively achieving assembly and installation simplicity and convenience.