Patent ID: 7439445

Claim:
A ceiling fitting for covering a connection of an electrical cord to a ceiling surface and for fixing said ceiling fitting to said electrical cord, said fitting comprising a hollow body having an upper circumferential edge and a lower circumferential edge and having an overall configuration tapering from said upper circumferential edge to said lower circumferential edge, said hollow body having an inner surface facing an inner space defined within said hollow body, said lower circumferential edge defining an aperture into said inner space; and a plurality of elastically bendable elongated members, each having a proximal end and a distal end and a length exceeding the width of said aperture, the proximal ends of said elastically bendable elongated members being located at said inner surface of said hollow body above said aperture, and said plurality of elastically bendable elongated members being orientated pointing to said aperture and said distal ends of said plurality of elastically bendable elongated members defining a free opening therebetween having a width less than the width of said aperture.