Patent ID: 8313212

Claim:
A modular lighting system comprising: (a) first and second lighting fixtures adapted for end-to-end electrical interconnection, each lighting fixture including (i) first and second ends; (ii) at least one electrical connector adjacent each of the first and second ends; (iii) means for illumination; and (iv) a longitudinal axis passing through the first and second ends; (b) a first electrical inter-connector removably connected to the first and second lighting fixtures and electrically interconnecting at least one of the electrical connectors of the first lighting fixture to at least one of the electrical connectors of the second lighting fixture; and (c) the first electrical inter-connector being connectable to at least one of the first and second lighting fixtures by moving the electrical inter-connector relative to the one lighting fixture in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the one lighting fixture.