Lightolier Incorporated

Walter E Wyles

Leonard E Woloski

A lighting fixture adapted to be mounted between parallel ceiling support grids includes a series of latches at the corners. The latches are retracted responsive to movement of the fixture to a position above the support grids and are released automatically after the fixture is disposed above the grids to define grid engaging supports for the fixture.

Ceiling fixture having self-activating mounting means

A recessed ceiling mounted lighting fixture is disclosed, characterized in the incorporation of improved mounting means for effecting connection thereof to a ceiling tile support grid. The mounting means includes spring projected latches which may be readily released to a grid engaging position by the installer and which automatically hold the fixture in a predetermined heightwise relation to the ceiling.

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Somerset, NJ, United States of America

Walter E Wyles