Patent ID: 7628504

Claim:
The apparatus for retrofitting a recessed light fixture for installing a non-recessed light fixture, said recessed light fixture having a recessed housing having an open end and a closed end in which said open end has an interior surface having a plurality of radially spaced fasteners, said apparatus comprising: a mounting bracket having a plate with an outer edge and a plurality of prongs integral with said plate and extending radially outward from said outer edge of said plate, each of said prongs having an end with a slot into which one of said plurality of fasteners is received, in which said plate has at least one of a plurality of slots and openings for enabling attachment directly via said at least one of said slots and openings to a non-recessed light fixture when said mounting bracket in located in said open end of said recessed housing, wherein said recessed light fixture has a light bulb receptacle, and said apparatus further comprising a power adapter having an end locatable in the light bulb receptacle and electrical wires extending from said end capable of providing power to the non-recessed light fixture when attached to said mounting bracket located in said recessed housing, in which the wires extend through one of the openings in said plate.