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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne W Compton, Irvine, CA (US);
Richard B Shaner, Covina, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kim Lighting, Inc., City of Industry, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25G / ; F21S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362457 ; 403370 ; 362431 ;
Abstract
A tenon for mounting a lighting fixture to a support. The tenon has a cavity accessible through a removable cover, inside which a wiring splice can be made to join the wiring from the lighting fixture to other electrical circuitry wiring. The splice can be made and inspected at the tenon without removing the lighting fixture from the tenon or from the support. Means is also provided to mount the tenon to the support, and to mount the fixture to the tenon.