Patent ID: 8398426

Claim:
A multi-way connector for connecting two lighting apparatuses together, the multi-way connector comprising: a lighting connector configured to permit power and/or signals to pass between and among two lighting apparatuses, the lighting connector comprising: (i) an upper housing having: plural connector pins, and one or more interlocking grooves; and (ii) a lower housing, the lower housing having a plurality of connector pin guide holes, and one or more interlocking tongue portions, the lower housing being connectable with the upper housing to form the lighting connector by coupling at least one of the one or more interlocking grooves with at least one of the one or more interlocking tongue portions, and by coupling at least one of the plural connector pins with at least one of the connector pin guide holes, wherein the multi-way connector is an I-connector configured to collinearly align the two lighting apparatuses to one another.