Patent ID: 6951407

Claim:
A method of connecting together a lighting fixture assembly which includes a lighting fixture housing for housing a light source and components for supporting and electrifying the light source including wiring, said housing having at least one laterally extending edge portion and a first connecting structure extending along at least a portion of the length of said edge portion, said first connecting structure having at least one wire passageway therethough, an edge connector arm having at least one terminal end, the terminal end of said edge connector arm having a second connecting structure formed to mechanically connect with the first connecting structure along the edge portion of said housing, and a wireway in said edge connector arm, said wireway extending to and exiting the at least one terminal end of said edge connector arm, said method comprising connecting said housing and the terminal end of said edge connector arm together at the edge of said housing by means of the connecting structures, aligning the wireway in said connector arm with the at least one wire passageway in the first connecting structure in said housing edge portion by aligning the terminal end of the edge connector arm to said wire passageway, and passing said electrical wires through the edge portion of said housing.