Patent ID: 7018074
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: F21V,F21Y,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A reflector arrangement for a fluorescent light fixture of a type including an elongated fluorescent tube comprising: a generally rectangular reflector sheet held in a trough shape by a series of bracket clips; said bracket clips each configured as a flat sheet with a rounded contour perimeter edge and having a central hole formed therein sized to slidably receive said fluorescent tube, a slot substantially narrower than said fluorescent tube extending in from said perimeter edge of each bracket clip into said hole to enable fitting of each bracket clip onto said fluorescent tube at an intermediate location along the length thereof, each of said bracket clips further including a pair of peripheral notches extending into said perimeter edge in opposite directions and generally circumferentially with respect to said hole; said reflector sheet having opposite edges each received into a respective one of said bracket clip peripheral notches to hold said reflector sheet in a curved trough shape extending partially around said perimeter edge of said bracket; and said bracket clips thereby holding said reflector on said fluorescent tube and holding said reflector sheet in said trough shape partially surrounding said fluorescent tube and said bracket clip.