Patent ID: 7478931

Claim:
A recessed lighting fixture comprising: a plate defining a light opening therethrough and having top and bottom surfaces; a slidable light support member including (a) a perimeter that defines an illumination passage area and (b) two essentially parallel laterally-extending flanges each having a thickness; and a guide disposed on the top surface of the plate, the guide slidably engaged by the light support member and adapted for limiting movement thereof in a direction normal to the top surface while allowing movement thereof in a direction parallel to the top surface, the guide includes a pair of spaced channel members each having a longitudinal section offset from the top surface by a distance greater than the thickness of the flanges to form an offset space, wherein the flanges of the light support member are slidable in the offset spaces between a first position where the illumination passage area is aligned with the light opening and a second position that allows access via the light opening to space proximate the top surface.