Patent ID: 7384166

Claim:
An under-cabinet lighting system comprising: a decorative molding which exhibits visible conformity to cabinetry under which the lighting system is to be installed and which is adapted for installation along a bottom edge of the cabinetry, and a lighting fixture adapted to being mounted to the decorative molding, wherein the molding comprises a decorative front face and a rear side opposite the front face, and having a lengthwise extending wiring channel formed in the rear side thereof which is adapted to receive electrical wires; and wherein the lighting fixture comprises, (i) a mounting clip adapted to be inserted removeably into the wiring channel of the molding for mounting the lighting fixture to the molding, (ii) a base member, (iii) a bulb unit coupled to the base member having a bulb for providing illumination when electrically energized, (iv) a contact unit coupled to the bulb unit and adapted to being connected electrically to the electrical wires, and (v) a pair of access openings to allow a loop of the electrical wiring to be routed to the contact unit from the wiring channel of the molding so that a portion of the electrical wires in the loop thereof may be connected electrically to the contact unit and thereby provide illuminating electrical energy to the bulb unit, wherein (vi) said mounting clip includes an upper engagement clip finger projecting rearwardly from the base member and adapted for engagement with the wiring channel of the molding so as to removeably mount the lighting fixture to the rear side of the molding such that the lighting fixture is positioned under the cabinetry.