Patent ID: 8616739
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: F21V,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vandal resistant lighting fixture, comprising: a base having a first side wall and a flange extending from the first side wall, the flange defining a first opening; a cover having second sidewall and a cap extending from the second sidewall, the second sidewall having interior and exterior peripheries, the cap having second opening through which light from an illumination source may pass; a securing mechanism configured to rotatably secure the cover to the base when the cover is rotated in a first direction relative to the base to a secured position; and a magnetically operable latching mechanism having latched and unlatched settings, wherein when the cover is in the secured position, the latching mechanism prevents rotation of the cover relative to the base in a second direction opposite the first direction when the latching mechanism is in the latched position.