Patent ID: 8083369

Claim:
A pair of brackets for use with a recessed lighting fixture in a ceiling having inverted T-bar grid, the recessed lighting fixture having a fixture body positioned against the inverted T-bar grid for supporting the recessed lighting fixture, the fixture body having a pair of ends and two sides connecting the pair of ends, the recessed lighting fixture further including a lighting cover having a pair of frame ends, each frame end of the lighting cover defined to include at one position a cam latch and at another position an extension hinge, the improvement comprising: the pair of brackets being separately positioned between each end of the recessed lighting fixture and the inverted T-bar grid, each bracket, from the pair of brackets, having: a first means for securing the pair of brackets between the T-bar grid and the pair of ends of the fixture body, a second means for supporting the lighting cover about the extension hinges such that the lighting cover is capable of sliding about the extension hinges along the second means for supporting from a first end of the bracket to a second end of the bracket, and a third means for securing the cam latch, defined by each frame end of the lighting cover, against the bracket such that the lighting cover is secured to the brackets and thus the T-bar grid.