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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:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1999
Paolo E. Minissi, Austin, TX (US);
Mark P. Boomgaarden, Austin, TX (US);
NSI Enterprises, Inc., Newark, OH (US);
Abstract
A luminaire assembly adapted for being suspended from an overhead location includes an electrical assembly having a housing with a longitudinal axis, a main housing portion, and an outwardly extending lower edge portion. It also includes an optical member having an interior surface and an upper opening. The interior surface includes an end wall disposed about the upper opening. The upper opening receives the elongated housing therethrough and is coaxial therewith, and also has a shape which corresponds to the elongated housing. In a suspended orientation for the luminaire assembly, the housing projects from the upper opening of the optical member so that the lower edge portion is adjacent to the end wall and extends around the upper opening for retaining and suspending the optical member. In a nested orientation the main housing portion of the elongated housing is disposed within the optical member so that the lower edge portion is distal the upper opening.