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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2008
Charles E. Kassay, Smithtown, NY (US);
Suzanne M. Pane, Yaphank, NY (US);
Marc A. Kassay, Wake Forest, NC (US);
John Peter Kassay, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Charles E. Kassay, Smithtown, NY (US);
Suzanne M. Pane, Yaphank, NY (US);
Marc A. Kassay, Wake Forest, NC (US);
John Peter Kassay, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Philips Electronics North America Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A hatch is provided for a fluorescent lighting fixture having a continuous reflector covering the central section. The hatch is covered by a cover of compatible contour cut through the reflector underneath the location of the ballast in the housing above the reflector. The hatch cover is finished in the same surface as that of the reflector to minimize any disruption to the intended reflective pattern and to blend visually with the reflector. Two or more preferably quick-connect fasteners attach the hatch cover to the reflector. To gain access to the ballast, the lens or diffuser is removed and then the fluorescent lamp tubes which would interfere with the hatch cover are removed. The hatch cover is then removed to gain unobstructed access to the ballast from the underside of the fixture.