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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1996
Jeffrey Wayne Kaiser, Snellville, GA (US);
Peter Michael Schmidt, Conyers, GA (US);
Roger Erle Norris, Covington, GA (US);
National Service Industries, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An improved light trap and louver mounting assembly particularly intended to be used as a component of a fluorescent troffer lighting fixture, the invention comprises a light trap structure formed with integral fastening elements which attach component parts of the light trap together, which attach the light trap to the louver and which releasably mount the light trap and louver mounting assembly to a housing assembly of the lighting fixture. The integral fastening elements of the invention act to provide the aforesaid functions without the use of separate fastening elements such as screws, hinges, latches and the like. The light trap and louver mounting assembly of the invention is structurally rigid and imparts desirable rigidity to the louver and to the lighting fixture.