The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 31, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald H Minter, Guilford, CT (US);
Robert J McCue, Guilford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362 20 ; 362147 ; 362254 ; 362276 ; 362365 ;
Abstract
An emergency lighting fixture for mounting in a ceiling and particularly a suspended ceiling, which includes a drop down panel normally closing an opening in the ceiling and an electric lamp concealed behind the panel. If a.c. power should fail, the panel automatically drops down below the level of the ceiling along with the electric lamp and the lamp automatically turns on to illuminate a selected path of egress.