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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2021
Tractor Supply Company, Brentwood, TN (US);
Brian Kennemer, Chapel Hill, TN (US);
Christian D. Fogg, Columbia, TN (US);
Fan Shi Jun, Guangzhou, CN;
Tractor Supply Company, Brentwood, TN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a tamper proof light emitting module comprising the steps of (a) pre-assembling the light emitting module into a testing configuration including a housing and one or more light emitting elements mounted within the housing, the housing including first and second housing components connected together using at least one removable fastener connecting the first and second housing components; (b) testing the light emitting module to confirm the light emitting elements are operable; (c) after step (b), removing the removable fastener; (d) replacing the removable fastener removed in step (c) with at least one breakaway fastener; and (e) tightening the breakaway fastener(s) until the head of the breakaway fastener(s) breaks off so that the breakaway fastener(s) is no longer removable, thereby creating a final, tamper proof configuration of the light emitting module.