Patent ID: 6676281
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: F21V,H01R

Abstract:
An adapter for securing a lighting fixture to the rail of a rail lighting system, comprising:a body having an opening for receiving the rail of a rail lighting system, first and second electrically conductive contact members supported by the body, each contact member having an elongated portion adjacent the opening and having a length sufficient to contact a respective electrical conductor of the rail of a rail lighting system received in the opening; and a wedge insertable into the body, the wedge having first and second portions each having a shape and dimensions sufficient to contact the elongated portion of the respective electrically conductive contact member when the wedge is fully inserted into the body, the contact between the wedge and the contact members resulting in movement of the elongated portions of the contact members toward the respective electrical conductors of the rail of the rail lighting system.