Patent ID: 7354177

Claim:
In a light fixture having first and second housing members forming a housing around a lamp and relatively movable between closed-fixture and open-fixture positions for lamp-changing purposes, the improvement comprising: a first reflector member secured to the first housing member and including a first connection-edge; a separate second reflector member separately secured to the second housing member and including a second connection-edge abutting the first connection-edge such that, when the housing members are in closed-fixture position, the reflector members together form a composite reflector; and a ballast compartment separated from the light-emitting portion of the lamp by the second reflector member of the composite reflector and containing a ballast and a lamp socket which accepts the lamp through a lamp-opening between the first and the second connection-edges, the reflector members being configured and arranged such that, when the second housing member is moved to its open-fixture position, the reflector members separate to give barrier-free access to the ballast compartment.