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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
James W. Hawkins, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Kevin S. Dahlen, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Brandon A. Stolte, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Bradford T. Wilson, Twin Lakes, WI (US);
James W. Hawkins, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Kevin S. Dahlen, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Brandon A. Stolte, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Bradford T. Wilson, Twin Lakes, WI (US);
Kenall Manufacturing, Gurnee, IL (US);
Abstract
In a sealed recessed lighting fixture having a housing forming a ceiling-alignment plane and a light-emitting opening, at least one elongate lamp mounted to and within the housing and defining a fixture direction, at least one reflector surface parallel to the fixture direction, and a lens, the improvement wherein the at least one reflector surface is/are part(s) of a unibody-reflector assembly which includes: (a) two reflector sections terminating in longitudinal inner edges forming a gap therebetween; (b) a distal edge perimetrically along the light-emitting opening of the housing; (c) a seal between the distal edge and the housing at the opening; (d) two opposed substantially parallel endwalls each having a lens-engaging proximal edge; (e) the lens being an elongate shaped member terminating at opposite lens ends, the lens enveloping the at least one lamp and being of substantially constant cross-section along its length, whereby the unibody-reflector assembly is removable from the housing as a single unit to expose the lamp(s) in the housing for service.