Patent ID: 7954976

Claim:
An adaptor kit for converting a can light of the type having an opening into an interior portion thereof defined by interior surfaces, the kit adapting the can light to accept auxiliary fixtures, the adaptor kit comprising: a shoe assembly having first and second shoes, each shoe having a surface portion thereof approximately conforming to a selected radius, a surface portion of the first shoe for contacting a first portion of the interior surface of a can light and a surface portion of the second shoe for contacting another portion of the interior surface of a can light; and means for moving said first shoe and said second shoe to an extended position so a part or parts of the surface portion of the first shoe and a part or parts of the surface portion of the second shoe effects contact with respective portions of the interior surface of a can light sufficient to hold the shoe assembly in place in the can light; wherein said means for moving comprises at least one externally threaded member fixed in place on a one of said shoes and at least one internally threaded member rotatably mounted on the other of said shoes, the externally and internally threaded members in threaded engagement with one another, rotation of the internally threaded member relative to the externally threaded member causing said first and second shoes to move toward the extended position.