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Mounting bracket for light fixture

  • US 4,156,272 A
  • Filed: 08/10/1977
  • Issued: 05/22/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a light fixture having a housing comprising electrical components including a lamp socket and a refractor coupled to said housing, a mounting bracket for securing said fixture to one of a relatively flat surface having an electrical junction box mounted therein, such as, for example, the side wall of a building and an arcuately curved surface, such as, for example, a post or the like support member, said mounting bracket including in combination:

  • a base portion having a front wall, upper and lower end walls and side walls joined to and extending outwardly from the rear surface of said front wall to define a cavity, and a hollow support arm formed integrally with said bracket and fixture housing and extending between the front surface of said front wall of said base portion and said fixture housing,said end walls of said base portion being arcuately curved at the free ends thereof, respectively, said ends curving inwardly from said opposite side walls toward the front wall intermediate said side walls, respectively, to accommodate the curved surface of a post or the like support member on which said fixture is mountable,said front wall defining a first aperture therein communicating with and surrounded by said hollow support arm for passing electrical wiring from said lamp socket into said base portion, first and second predeterminedly spaced shoulders formed on the rear surface of said front wall of said base portion of said bracket near the upper and lower end walls, respectively, said shoulders extending into said cavity,said front wall defining second and third apertures at opposite ends thereof for receiving fasteners with which to mount said fixture on one of said flat and curved support surfaces, respectively, each of said apertures being positioned between one of said opposite end walls and an adjacent one of said shoulders, anda gasket formed of resilient material receivable in said cavity between said shoulders to seal said base portion against said mounting surface and to provide a barrier around said cavity to minimize the entry of moisture thereinto, said gasket being ring-shaped having joined side and end walls and being dimensioned for receipt of said electrical junction box therein, in sealing engagement therewith, when mounting said light fixture on said flat surface.

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