Patent ID: 7861466

Claim:
A mounting apparatus comprising: at least two scissor mounts, each of the at least two scissor mounts having: a scissor clip, the scissor clip configured to couple to a rail of a dropped ceiling; and a shaft coupled to the scissor clip at a first end of the shaft; a pipe coupled to each of the at least two scissor mounts, a long axis of the pipe being substantially orthogonal to a long axis of the shaft, the pipe including at least two pairs of opposing through-holes, each of the at least two pairs of opposing through-holes configured to receive the shaft of a corresponding one of the at least two scissor mounts; a first male connector coupled to the pipe and configured to receive one of a lighting fixture and a lighting accessory; and at least two cotter pins, the shaft including a through-hole at a second end of the shaft, the through-hole configured to receive a corresponding one of the at least two cotter pins, the at least two cotter pins thus configured to retain the pipe on the shaft of each of the at least two scissor mounts.