ENCLOSURE FOR A RECESSED LIGHT IN AN ATTIC

• US 20110069498A1
• Filed: 02/03/2010
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC (Owens Corning)
• Original Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC (Owens Corning)
• Inventors: Alter, Harry A., Rockwell, Anthony L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,337,056 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/364
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 9/006 with means for hanging lighting fixtures or other appliances to the framework of the ceiling
• 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 15/00 Protecting lighting devices from damage protection from thermal damage F21V29/00; gas-tight or water-tight arrangements F21V31/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/01 Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts F21V15/02 takes precedence housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 25/00 Safety devices structurally associated with lighting devices gas- tight or water-tight arrangements F21V31/00; in general F16P; protective circuit arrangements per se H02H7/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/83 the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes

Abstract

An enclosure for a recessed light in an attic is transformable between a first configuration in which the enclosure is flat and a second configuration in which the enclosure defines a housing. The housing has an opening at a bottom end for receiving the recessed light and an upwardly-facing surface opposite the opening. The upwardly-facing surface has a variable height relative to the bottom end.

Claims

1. An enclosure for a recessed light in an attic transformable between a first configuration in which the enclosure is flat and a second configuration in which the enclosure defines a housing having an opening at a bottom end configured to receive the recessed light and an upwardly-facing surface opposite the opening with a variable height relative to the bottom end.

2. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the enclosure includes a plurality of panels each defining portions of the upwardly-facing surface and at least one hinge interconnecting two of the plurality of panels.

3. The enclosure of claim 2 wherein the at least one hinge is further defined as a living hinge.

4. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the enclosure includes a plurality of panels formed from different materials such that one panel is made from a material different from the material of another panel.

5. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the enclosure includes at least one aperture spaced from the bottom end.

6. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the enclosure includes a plurality of panels with at least two panels having different R-values of thermal resistance.

7. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the enclosure further comprises first and second vertically-sloped sides and first and second vertically-straight sides.

8. The enclosure of claim 7 wherein the first and second vertically-sloped sides are each defined by single panels and first and second vertically-straight sides are each defined by a plurality of panels.

9. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the enclosure is a single layer in the first configuration.

10. The enclosure of claim 1 wherein the enclosure is tent-shaped.