Patent ID: 7965494

Claim:
A combined ballast apparatus, comprising, in combination: a substantially rectangular case having a top spaced apart from a bottom, a first end spaced apart from a second end; a first mount ear extended from the first end bottom; a second mount ear extended from the second end bottom; a pair of identical spaced apart mount holes disposed in the first mount ear; a pair of identical spaced apart mount holes disposed in the second mount ear; a slave ballast disposed within the case; a battery ballast disposed within the case, the battery ballast in communication with the slave ballast; a female quick connect disposed one of the mount ears, the female quick connect in communication with the slave ballast; a male quick connect with wires removably disposed within the female quick connect; a quartet of elastomeric quick clips removably installed into the mount holes and into an existing fluorescent light fixture, each quick clip comprising: a head; a shank smaller than the head; a downwardly ended cone extended from the shank, the cone end larger than the shank.