Patent ID: 8465182

Claim:
An apparatus for securing a recessed light fixture to a substrate, comprising: a plurality of fastening assemblies, each of the plurality of fastening assembles comprising a clevis bracket, and a clevis hook having tabs perpendicular to and at a proximal end thereof, wherein the tabs are rotateably attached to a proximal end of the clevis bracket; a can, the can comprising a tubular shaped wall, a flange attached to a proximal end of the tubular shaped wall and substantially perpendicular thereto, and slots adapted to allow each of a gripping portion of the clevis hooks to pass therethrough; and a fastener for each of the clevis brackets, wherein the fasteners slideably couple the clevis brackets to the tubular shaped wall; wherein when the can passes through an opening in a substrate the clevis hooks are positioned axially to the tubular shaped wall until the clevis hooks clear the substrate, then the gripping portions of the clevis hooks pass through the slots in the tubular shaped wall of the can, and the clevis brackets are slideably positioned along the tubular shaped wall toward the substrate so that the gripping portions of the clevis hooks engage a back face of the substrate while the flange engages a front face of the substrate, thereby holding the recessed light fixture in the substrate.