Patent ID: 9194548
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: F21L,F21V,F21W,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A lighting apparatus comprising: a light source housing containing a light source; an adapter comprising a unitary rigid part having an upper rib extending generally in a horizontal direction, and a pair of downwardly open slots aligned with, and spaced from, each other along a direction parallel to said horizontal direction, said slots being located on opposite sides of a location below said rib; and a unitary, resilient, clip comprising a horizontally extending element having opposite ends and a vertical element having an upper end, the vertical element extending upward from the horizontally extending element at an intermediate location between said opposite ends; wherein the horizontally extending element has a bracket extending perpendicularly in a forward direction from at least one of its opposite ends; wherein the horizontal element also has a pair of tabs extending upwardly therefrom on opposite sides of the vertical element; wherein the vertical element has a rearwardly extending part at its upper end, the rearwardly extending part having a downwardly open slot; wherein the light source housing is rotatably connected to said bracket for tilting about a horizontal axis; wherein the tabs extending upwardly from the horizontal element are receivable respectively in the downwardly open slots on the adapter; wherein the downwardly open slot on the rearwardly extending part at the upper end of the vertical element of the clip is positioned to snap onto, and receive, the rib of the adapter when said tabs are received in the downwardly open slots on the adapter, whereby the clip, with the light source housing rotatably connected to said bracket, can be attached to the adapter by a snap fit; and wherein said bracket comprises a pair of ears, each extending perpendicularly in a forward direction from one of said opposite ends of the horizontally extending element of the clip, the light source housing being pivotally mounted on said ears for pivoting movement about a horizontal axis.