Patent ID: 8328397

Claim:
An exterior lighting system comprising: a lighting fixture having at least one replaceable bulb, said lighting fixture having an energized configuration wherein the lighting fixture is at least selectably in electrical communication with an electric source when positioned at a predetermined elevation; a vertically extending slot operably coupled to a side of a structure, said lighting fixture operably coupled to the slot; a de-energized configuration whereby electrical communication with the electric source is dis-engaged and disconnected remotely while said lighting fixture remains coupled to the slot; and a replacement configuration wherein the lighting fixture is displaced a first predetermined distance away from the predetermined elevation while in the de-energized configuration wherein an operator physically touches and replaces at least one of the one bulbs with the light fixture coupled to the slot; and an installed and energized configuration; wherein movement at the lighting fixture between the replacement and installed and energized configuration utilizes a rigid slide in the slot which pushes the lighting fixture from the replacement configuration to the installed configuration and remains in the slot in the installed configuration, and the rigid slide is pushed from the first pre-determined distance towards the installed configuration.