Patent ID: 7322722

Claim:
A light fixture, comprising: a housing having a front opening and a housing side wall; a light source in said housing and visible from said front opening; a light transmitting lens opposing said front opening of said housing, said light transmitting lens having a radial flange and an axially inward extending skirt, said skirt laterally opposing said housing side wall; mounting structure operatively interposed between said lens skirt and housing side wall and comprising (1) a projecting tongue, (2) a groove sized to receive said tongue, (3) resilient structure resiliently maintaining interlocked relation between said groove and tongue; said groove being disposed in said skirt and including a rearward opening entry channel and a circumferential channel extending from said entry channel, said tongue being movably mounted on said housing side wall and resiliently biased into said groove, said housing and lens having relative positions wherein (1) said skirt is forward of said tongue, (2) said tongue opposes one portion on said skirt and is resiliently bottomed in said entry channel and (3) said tongue opposes a laterally offset portion of said skirt and is resiliently bottomed in said circumferential channel, said resilient structure comprising a resilient member operatively interposed between said side wall and said tongue and biasing said tongue toward said groove; and said resilient member comprising a leaf spring having ends carried on the outer face of said housing side wall and a central portion radially inwardly biasing said tongue, said side wall having a through opening, said tongue extending through said through opening from said leaf spring toward said lens skirt.