Patent ID: 7338182

Claim:
A lighting fixture for installation in a suspended ceiling formed by a grid of T-bar supports including vertical ribs and horizontal flanges, comprising: (a) two end cap pieces, each of the end cap pieces having a main plate portion including an inner surface and an outer surface, a top edge, and a bottom edge, a top flange extending toward the inner surface from the top edge, a bottom flange extending toward the outer surface from the bottom edge and adapted to rest on the horizontal flanges of the T-bar supports, and mounting brackets extending toward the inner surface from each end of the bottom edge and adapted to rest on the horizontal flanges of the T-bar supports, wherein each mounting bracket includes at least one support tab extending therefrom approximately parallel to the inner surface; and (b) a reflector including a reflector plate portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, vertical flange portions extending toward the outer surface along opposed first and second edges of the reflector plate and including mounting holes formed therein, wherein the mounting holes are adapted to engage the support tabs extending from the mounting brackets of the end cap pieces, and support tabs extending from opposite third and fourth sides of the reflector and positioned thereon to engage the top flanges of the end cap pieces, thereby to support the reflector on the end cap pieces via the vertical flanges and the support tabs when the end cap pieces are installed on the horizontal flanges of the T-bar supports of a suspended ceiling.