Patent ID: 8235539

Claim:
A lighting fixture for use in refrigerator coolers or freezers, the lighting fixture comprising: an elongated external housing securable to an interior of a refrigerated cooler or freezer, the external housing having a first external side wall and a second external side wall wherein each external side wall has at least one heat dissipating fin extending from an external surface of said external side wall, the housing further having a first support member angularly and integrally extending from the first external side wall and a second support member angularly and integrally extending from the second external side wall, wherein the support members terminate at an elevated central wall, and wherein the first and second external side walls, the first and second support members, and the central wall collectively define a U-shaped internal cavity of the housing with an open end configuration opposite the central wall, and wherein the U-shaped internal cavity is enclosed by a removable rear wall extending between a lowermost portion of the first and second external side walls; a first group of light modules secured to the first support member by a first elongated fastener and a second elongated fastener, each light module comprising a light emitting diode (LED) mounted on a printed circuit board, wherein said elongated fasteners extend through printed circuit board and into the first support member; and, a second group of light modules secured to the second support member by a first elongated fastener and a second elongated fastener, each light module comprising a LED mounted on a printed circuit board, wherein said elongated fasteners extend through printed circuit board and into the second support member.