Nsi Enterprises, Inc.

Nsi Enterprise, Inc.

Richard F Ashcraft

Joseph A Hentz

James M Mershon

A clip formed of flat spring steel stock material and operable in association with a lamp housing mounting arrangement of a downlighting fixture to exert a force on a lighting trim through the lamp housing to retain the trim snugly against a ceiling about an opening in the ceiling through which at least lowermost portions of the lamp housing and/or trim extends, an environmental space beneath the opening being illuminated through the opening by lamping carried by the lamp housing. In the preferred embodiment, an adjustable, U-shaped mounting yoke is carried by a conventional downlighting pan with the bight of the yoke being disposed immediately over a socket cup mounted to an uppermost end of the lamp housing or reflector, the clip extending between spaced arms of the yoke and being attached to a central portion of the clip. Upward displacement of the lamp housing after attachment to the clip causes the clip to deform and bias the lamp housing and associated trim upwardly to hold annular flanged lowermost portions of the lamp housing or trim in place about the ceiling opening to prevent light leakage and to provide a pleasing appearance. Alternate embodiments include spring elements formed of bent wires as well as strap stock which are configured to exert a force on a lamp housing or trim to maintain the lamp housing or trim about a ceiling opening.

Trim retention gravity inversion clip

Pan assemblies for mounting of recessed lighting fixtures in ceilings and the like such as between structural joists, the invention primarily comprises pan frames formed of wire and strap stock shaped according to various embodiments of the invention into particular configurations capable of carrying standard cans or reflector housings, junction box structures and bar hangers inter alia for rough-in of downlighting fixtures. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the pan assemblies adjustably mount IC/non-IC cans which contain a source of illumination and appropriate trim inter alia, adjustable bar hanger assemblies usually being mounted by the pan assemblies with junction box structure being carried by the pan assemblies or connected directly to a can mounted by one of said pan assemblies.

Pan assemblies formed of strap-like stock for mounting recessed lighting

A pan assembly for mounting of recessed lighting fixtures in ceilings and the like such as between structural joists, the invention primarily comprises a pan frame formed of wire bent according to various embodiments of the invention into particular configurations capable of carrying standard cans or reflector housings, junction box structures and bar hangers inter alia for rough-in of downlighting fixtures. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the wire pan mounts adjustable bar hangers at first ends of the hangers while a junction box integrally formed with rail holders and mounted by the pan acts to mount the hangers at opposite ends of the hangers.

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Greenwood, IN, United States of America

Richard F Ashcraft