Patent ID: 7401939

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting a lighting fixture comprising: a mount housing having a top end, at least one pivot portion positioned at the top end, the pivot portion including a rail, a tab-slot and a tab-rest, the tab-slot and tab-rest being adjacent to the rail, and two front-wall portions defining a support-panel cavity; and a support panel configured to allow the lighting fixture to be mounted thereto, the support panel having an upper end and at least one hook portion positioned at the upper end, the hook portion including a hook member and a tab-stand adjacent to the hook member and being slidably and pivotally engaged with respect to the pivot portion, whereby the support panel is free to move between an elevated and stationary open position about the mount housing wherein the open position is maintained by the tab-stand resting upon the tab-rest and a closed position wherein the tab-stand is received within the tab-slot and the support panel is fittingly received within the support-panel cavity whereby the front-wall portions together with the support panel complete a front-wall of the apparatus.