Patent ID: 8308322
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
1. A recessed ceiling light fixture, comprising: a housing having a side wall, a top wall up on top, and an open bottom with a lip at the bottom; a plurality of openings in the side wall; at least one rigid retainer clip having a mounting tab inside the housing extending into a leg that passes through one of the openings out of the housing, which leg is bent at a distal end to form an elbow, which elbow extends to a strut passing through one of the openings into the housing, wherein the mounting tab selectively engages an interior of the side wall; means for creating compliance extending loosely through a slotted opening in the top wall and connecting to the mounting tab, wherein the means for creating compliance simultaneously biases the leg to swing away from the side wall and downward toward the open bottom; and wherein the leg swing away from the side wall under spring bias is limited by at least one of the mounting tab engaging the side wall and the means for creating compliance engaging a lip of the slotted opening in the top wall.