Frame and lens upgrade kits for lighting fixtures

• US 10,527,225 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2014
• Issued: 01/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting, LLC (Ideal Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Ideal Industries, LLC (Ideal Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: Pratt, S. Scott, Snell, Nathan, Medendorp, Jr., Nicholas W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bannan, Julie A
• Application Number:
  US14/225,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20150276125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,114 Days
• Field of Search: 362366, 248472, 248305, 248692, 248690, 248339, 248306, 248304, 40571, 40549, 4061102, 4061101, 40610, 40732, 40754, 40750, 40748
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 2/005 of modular construction
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/28 rigid, e.g. LED bars
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/026 intended to be recessed in a ceiling or like overhead structure, e.g. suspended ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/10 characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening F21V17/02 - F21V17/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/048 the lens being a simple lens adapted to cooperate with a point-like source for emitting mainly in one direction and having an axis coincident with the main light transmission direction, e.g. convergent or divergent lenses, plano-concave or plano-convex lenses
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/10 comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

Frame and lens upgrade kits for lighting fixtures. A frame bracket defines the frame area, which can be rectangular, for example. A lens frame fits just inside the frame bracket with the lens frame being releasably attached thereto. The frame bracket can be constructed from collapsible frame bracket subassemblies. For example, a rectangular frame bracket may be assembled from first and second collapsible frame bracket subassemblies that fan out and lock together to create a rigid frame bracket. The subassemblies each comprise elongated side and edge brackets that are fastened together such that they can pivot about one another. In some embodiments, one side of the lens frame is attached to a corresponding side of the frame bracket with a rotatable clip that allows the lens frame to swing such that its other side can attach to the bracket frame with an attachment latch, which can be magnetic, for example.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a frame bracket comprising first and second frame bracket subassemblies, each of said first and second frame bracket subassemblies comprising;

a side bracket and an edge bracket, each comprising a pivot end and a lock end, said pivot ends rotatably joined at a pivot, said side bracket lock end comprising a first-type locking feature, said edge bracket lock end comprising a second-type locking feature, said side bracket and edge bracket defining an interior flange and an exterior flange extending opposite said interior flange; and

a lens;

wherein said side bracket lock end of said first subassembly releasably locks together with said edge bracket lock end of said second subassembly to define a frame area, said lens sized to fit within said frame area;

wherein said lens is held in place within said frame area by said frame bracket; and

wherein said lens is on said interior flange.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said lens rests on a top side surface of said interior flange.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising an attachment latch that releasably fastens said lens to said frame bracket.

4. The system of claim 3, said attachment latch comprising a plurality of magnets on said lens that are releasably attachable to a bottom surface of said interior flange.