Door frame for lensed troffer

• US 6,231,213 B1
• Filed: 07/21/1999
• Issued: 05/15/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC (Acuity Brands, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: NSI Enterprises Incorporated (Alsco Incorporated)
• Inventors: Mayfield, John Thomas III, Schmidt, Peter Michael, Norris, Roger Erle
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso, Laura K.
• Application Number:
  US09/358,378
• Time in Patent Office: 664 Days
• Field of Search: 362/374, 362/375, 362/362, 362/223
• US Class Current: 362/374
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/02 of recess-mounted type, e.g. downlighters specially adapted for vehicle exteriors F21S41/00-F21S45/00
• 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 17/107 using hinge joints
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/164 the parts being subjected to bending, e.g. snap joints
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/00 Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes

Abstract

A door frame hingeably mounted to a lensed fluorescent troffer lighting fixture and carrying a prismatic lens cover, the door frame also integrally provides a light trap function. Structural components of the door frame have fastening elements formed integrally therewith for attachment of said components together without the use of separate fastening elements. The door frame includes low profile latching structure which allows ready opening of the door frame for relamping or other maintenance functions, hinge elements acting not only to hold the door frame to the light fixture but also to hold the door frame in a fully open position. The door frame further acts to impart rigidity to the lighting fixture when in a closed position.

Claims

1. A lighting fixture having at least one lamp carried within a housing assembly, comprising:

a door frame mounted for movement relative to the housing assembly to facilitate access to the interior of the lighting fixture, portions of the housing assembly defining a recess dimensioned to receive the door frame thereinto;

a lighting panel carried by the door frame and disposed in operative relation to the at least one lamp; and

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light trap means formed integrally with at least portions of the door frame and cooperating with portions of the housing assembly for minimizing light leakage from the lighting fixture through spaces disposed between the door frame and the housing assembly, the light trap means comprising flange-like extensions formed along side edges of the door frame and extending outwardly of the fixture and in covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly.

2. The lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein the door frame is formed of elongated bar elements joined together at end portions thereof and further comprising means integral with the bar elements for joining said bar elements together.

3. The lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein the lighting panel comprises a prismatic lens cover.

4. The lighting fixture of claim 1 and further comprising means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for hinging the door frame to the housing assembly.

5. The lighting fixture of claim 1 and further comprising means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for latching the door frame to the housing assembly.

6. The lighting fixture of claim 5 wherein the latching means comprise at least one spring-like body element receivable within one of the slots and a manually manipulable plate element joined to the body element and extending externally of the lighting fixture at a locus of the door frame, manipulation of the plate element causing disengagement of the body element carried by the door frame from the slot formed in the housing assembly, thereby to release the door frame from the housing assembly on at least one side of the door frame.

7. The lighting fixture of claim 4 wherein the hinging means comprise a body element extending from connection to the door frame, the body element having a predetermined width and an elongated tab terminating the body element and having a length greater than the width of the body element, the slot having an upper portion formed of dimensions capable of receiving the elongated tab thereinto and a lower portion having a width less than the length of the tab and being slightly greater than the width of the body element, the body element being fitted into the lower portion of the slot after insertion of the tab through the upper portion of the slot, the tab being of a length which is too great to fit through the lower portion of the slot, thereby mounting the hinge means within the slot for movement of the door frame about an edge thereof joined to the housing assembly by said hinge means.

8. The lighting fixture of claim 2 wherein the joining means comprise a first tab formed at each end of a first pair of the bar elements, each tab surmounting a slot formed along the juncture between the tab and the bar elements, the other pair of parallel bar elements having a second tab formed at each end thereof, the second tabs being dimensioned to be received one each through the slots at the ends of the first pair of the bar elements, the first and second tabs being bent back over to connect the bar elements together.

9. The lighting fixture of claim 8 wherein the bar elements comprise a central body portion, a flange extending from one side edge of the central body portion, and a first U-shaped flange extending from the other side of the central body portion, the first U-shaped flange terminating in a second U-shaped flange on the opposite side of the central body portion from which the flange and the first U-shaped flange extend, the outermost legs of the second U-shaped flange being an extension of the outermost leg of the second U-shaped flange, thereby providing spaces between legs of the U-shaped flanges.

10. The lighting fixture of claim 9 and further comprising a corner strengthening plate having legs extending at 90°

angles relative to each other, one each of the legs being received within the spaces between the first and second U-shaped flanges formed on ends of adjacent bars of the door frame, the plate acting to strengthen a corner joint formed by mounting together of the ends of said adjacent bar elements.

11. The lighting fixture of claim 9 wherein ends of the bar elements are intended to allow fitting of said bar elements together at 90°

angles relative to each other.

12. The lighting fixture of claim 10 wherein the second U-shaped flanges formed along side edges of the bar elements extend into covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly, thereby producing a light trap function.

13. The lighting fixture of claim 1 and further comprising clip means attachable to the housing assembly for preventing light from leaking between certain portions of the door frame and the housing assembly.

23. The lighting fixture of claim 11 wherein end of the bar elements are intended to allow fitting of said bar elements together at 90°

angles relative to each other.

39. The lighting fixture of claim 1 and further comprising means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for hinging a door frame to the housing assembly.

42. The lighting fixture of claim 39 wherein the hinging means comprise a body element extending from Connection to the door frame, the body element having a predetermined width and an elongated tab terminating the body element and having a length greater than the width of the body element, the slot having an upper portion formed of dimensions capable of receiving the elongated tab thereinto and a lower portion having a width less than the length of the tab and being slightly greater than the width of the body element, the body element being fitted into the lower portion of the slot after insertion of the tab through the upper portion of the slot, the tab being of a length which is too great to fit through the lower portion of the slot, thereby mounting the hinge means within the slot for movement of the door frame about an edge thereof joined to the housing assembly by said hinge means.

14. A lighting fixture having at least one lamp carried within a housing assembly, comprising:

a door frame mounted for movement relative to the housing assembly to facilitate access to the interior of the lighting fixture;

a lighting panel carried by the door frame and disposed in operative relation to the at least one lamp;

light trap means formed integrally with at least portions of the door frame for minimizing light leakage from the lighting fixture through spaces disposed between the door frame and the housing assembly; and

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means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for latching the door frame to the housing assembly, the latching means comprising at least one spring-like body element receivable within one of the slots and a manually manipulable plate element joined to the body element and extending externally of the lighting fixture at a locus of the door frame, manipulation of the plate element causing disengagement of the body element carried by the door frame from the slot formed in the housing assembly, thereby to release the door frame from the housing assembly on at least one side of the door frame.

15. The lighting fixture of claim 14 wherein the door frame is formed of elongated bar elements joined together at end portions thereof and further comprising means integral with the bar elements for joining said bar elements together.

16. The lighting fixture of claim 14 wherein portions of the housing assembly define a recess dimensioned to receive the door frame thereinto, the light trap means comprising flange-like extensions formed along side edges of the door frame and extending outwardly of the fixture and in covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly.

17. The lighting fixture of claim 14 wherein the lighting panel comprises a prismatic lens cover.

18. The lighting fixture of claim 14 and further comprising means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for hinging the door frame to the housing assembly.

19. The lighting fixture of claim 18 wherein the hinging means comprise a body element extending from Connection to the door frame, the body element having a predetermined width and an elongated tab terminating the body element and having a length greater than the width of the body element, the slot having an upper portion formed of dimensions capable of receiving the elongated tab thereinto and a lower portion having a width less than the length of the tab and being slightly greater than the width of the body element, the body element being fitted into the lower portion of the slot after insertion of the tab through the upper portion of the slot, the tab being of a length which is too great to fit rough the lower portion of the slot thereby mounting the hinge means within the slot for movement of the door frame about an edge thereof joined to the housing assembly by said hinge means.

20. The lighting fixture of claim 15 wherein the joining means comprise a first tab formed at each end of the first pair of the bar elements, each tab surmounting a slot formed along the juncture between the tab and the bar elements, the other pair of parallel bar elements having a second tab formed at each end thereof the second tabs being dimensioned to be received one each through the slots at the ends of the first pair of the bar elements, the first and second tabs being bent back over to connect the bar elements together.

21. The lighting fixture of claim 20 wherein the bar elements comprise a central body portion, a flange extending from one side edge of the central body portion, and a first U-shaped flange extending from the other side of the central body portion, the first U-shaped flange terminating in a second U-shaped flange on the opposite side of the central body portion from which the flange and the first U-shaped flange extend, the outermost legs of the second U-shaped flange being an extension of the outermost leg of the second U-shaped flange, thereby providing spaces between legs of the U-shaped flanges.

22. The lighting fixture of claim 21 and further comprising a corner strengthening plate having legs extending at 90°

angles relative to each other, one each of the legs being received within the spaces between the first and second U-shaped flanges formed on ends of adjacent bars of the door frame, the plate acting to strengthen a corner joint formed by mounting together of the ends of said adjacent bar elements.

24. The lighting fixture of claim 22 wherein the second U-shaped flanges formed along side edges of the bar elements extend into covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly, thereby producing a light trap function.

25. A lighting fixture having at least one lamp carried within a housing assembly, comprising:

a door frame mounted for movement relative to the housing assembly to facilitate access to the interior of the lighting fixture;

a lighting panel carried by the door frame and disposed in operative relation to the at least one lamp;

light trap means formed integrally with at least portions of the door frame for minimizing light leakage from the lighting fixture through spaces disposed between the door frame and the housing assembly; and

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means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for hinging the door frame to the housing assembly, the hinging means comprising a body element extending from connection to the door frame, the body element having a predetermined width and an elongated tab terminating the body element and having a length greater than the width of the body element, the slot having an upper portion formed of dimensions capable of receiving the elongated tab thereinto and a lower portion having a width less than the length of the tab and being slightly greater than the width of the body element, the body element being fitted into the lower portion of the slot after insertion of the tab through the upper portion of the slot, the tab being of a length which is too great to fit through the lower portion of the slot, thereby mounting the hinge means within the slot for movement of the door frame about an edge thereof joined to the housing assembly by said hinge means.

26. The lighting fixture of claim 25 wherein the door frame is formed of elongated bar elements joined together at end portions thereof and further comprising means integral with the bar elements for joining said bar elements together.

27. The lighting fixture of claim 25 wherein portions of the housing assembly define a recess dimensioned to receive the door frame thereinto, the light trap means comprising flange-like extensions formed along side edges of the door frame and extending outwardly of the fixture and in covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly.

28. The lighting fixture of claim 25 wherein the lighting panel comprises a prismatic lens cover.

29. The lighting fixture of claim 25 and further comprising means carried by the door frame and cooperating with the slots formed in the housing assembly for latching the door frame to the housing assembly.

30. The lighting fixture of claim 29 wherein the latching means comprise at least one spring-like body element receivable within one of the slots and a manually manipulable plate element joined to the body element and extending externally of the lighting fixture at a locus of the door frame, manipulation of the plate element causing disengagement of the body element carried by the door frame from the slot formed in the housing assembly, thereby to release the door frame from the housing assembly on at least one side of the door frame.

31. The lighting fixture of claim 26 wherein the joining means comprise a first tab formed at each end of a pair of the bar elements, each tab surmounting a slot formed along the juncture between the tab and the bar elements, the other pair of parallel bar elements having a second tab formed at each end thereof, the second tabs being dimensioned to be received one each through the slots at the ends of the first pair of the bar elements, the first and second tabs being bent back over to connect the bar elements together.

32. The lighting fixture of claim 31 wherein the bar elements comprise a central body portion, a flange extending from one side edge of the central body portion, and a first U-shaped flange extending from the other side of the central body portion, the first U-shaped flange terminating in a second U-shaped flange on the opposite side of the central body portion from which the flange and the first U-shaped flange extend, the outermost legs of the second U-shaped flange being an extension of the outermost leg of the second U-shaped flange, thereby providing spaces between legs of the U-shaped flanges.

33. The lighting fixture of claim 32 and further comprising a corner strengthening plate having legs extending at 90°

angles relative to each other, one each of the legs being received within the spaces between the first and second U-shaped flanges formed on ends of adjacent bars of the door frame, the plate acting to strengthen a corner joint formed by mounting together of the ends of said adjacent bar elements.

34. The lighting fixture of claim 32 wherein ends of the bar elements are intended to allow fitting of said bar elements together at 90°

relative to each other.

35. The lighting fixture of claim 33 wherein the second U-shaped flanges formed along side edges of the bar elements extend into covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly, thereby producing a fight trap function.

36. A lighting fixture having at least one lamp carried within a housing assembly, comprising:

a door frame mounted for movement relative to the housing assembly to facilitate access to the interior of the lighting fixture, wherein the door frame is formed of elongated bar elements joined together at end portions thereof;

a lighting panel carried by the door frame and disposed in operative relation to the at least one lamp;

light trap means formed integrally with at least portions of the door frame for minimizing light leakage from the lighting fixture through spaces disposed between the door frame and the housing assembly; and

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means integral with the bar elements for joining said bar elements together, the joining means comprising a first tab formed at each end of a first pair of the bar elements, each tab surmounting a slot formed along the juncture between the tab and the bar elements, the other pair of parallel bar elements having a second tab formed at each end thereof, the second tabs being dimensioned to be received one each through the slots at the ends of the first pair of the bar elements, the first and second tabs being bent back over to connect the bar elements together.

37. The lighting fixture of claim 36 wherein portions of the housing assembly define a recess dimensioned to receive the door frame thereinto, the light trap means comprising flange-like extensions formed along side edges of the door frame and extending outwardly of the fixture and in covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly.

38. The lighting fixture of claim 36 wherein the lighting panel comprises a prismatic lens cover.

40. The lighting fixture of claim 36 and further comprising means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for latching the door frame to the housing assembly.

41. The lighting fixture of claim 40 wherein the latching means comprise at least one spring-like body element receivable within one of the slots and a manually manipulable plate element joined to the body element and extending externally of the lighting fixture at a locus of the door frame, manipulation of the plate element causing disengagement of the body element carried by the door frame from the slot formed in the housing assembly, thereby to release the door frame from the housing assembly on at least one side of the door frame.

43. The lighting fixture of claim 36 wherein the bar elements comprise a central body portion, a flange extending from one side edge of the central body portion, and a first U-shaped flange extending from the other side of the central body portion, the first U-shaped flange terminating in a second U-shaped flange on the opposite side of the central body portion from which the flange and the first U-shaped flange extend, the outermost legs of the second U-shaped flange being an extension of the outermost leg of the second U-shaped flange, thereby providing spaces between legs of the U-shaped flanges.

44. The lighting fixture of claim 43 and further comprising a corner strengthening plate having legs extending at 90°

angles relative to each other, one each of the legs being received within the spaces between the first and second U-shaped flanges formed on ends of adjacent bars of the door frame, the plate acting to strengthen a corner joint formed by mounting together of the ends of said adjacent bar elements.

45. The lighting fixture of claim 43 wherein ends of the bar elements are intended to allow fitting of said bar elements together at 90°

angles relative to each other.

46. The lighting fixture of claim 44 wherein the second U-shaped flanges formed along side edges of the bar elements extend into covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly, thereby producing a light trap function.

47. A lighting fixture having at least one lamp carried within a housing assembly, comprising:

a door frame mounted for movement relative to the housing assembly to facilitate access to the interior of the lighting fixture, wherein the door frame is formed of elongated bar elements joined together at end portions thereof;

a lighting panel carried by the door frame and disposed in operative relation to the at least one lamp; and

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means integral with the bar elements for joining said bar elements together, the joining means comprising a first tab formed at each end of a first pair of the bar elements, each tab surmounting a slot formed along the juncture between the tab and the bar elements, the other pair of parallel bar elements having a second tab formed at each end thereof, the second tab being dimensioned to be received one each through the slots at the ends of the first pair of the bar elements, the first and second tabs being bent back over to connect the bar elements together.

48. The lighting fixture of claim 47 wherein portions of the housing assembly define a recess dimensioned to receive the door frame thereinto, the door frame having flange-like extensions formed along side edges thereof and extending outwardly of the fixture and in covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly.

49. The lighting fixture of claim 47 wherein the lighting panel comprises a prismatic lens cover.

50. The lighting fixture of claim 47 and further comprising means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for hinging the door frame to the housing assembly.

51. The lighting fixture of claim 47 and further comprising means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for latching the door frame to the housing assembly.

52. The lighting fixture of claim 51 wherein the latching means comprise at least one spring-like body element receivable within one of the slots and a manually manipulable plate element joined to the body element and extending externally of the lighting fixture at a locus of the door frame, manipulation of the plate element causing disengagement of the body element carried by the door frame from the slot formed in the housing assembly, thereby to release the door frame from the housing assembly on at least one side of the door frame.

53. The lighting fixture of claim 50 wherein the hinging means comprise a body element extending from connection to the door frame, the body element having a predetermined width and an elongated tab terminating the body element and having a length greater than the width of the body element, the slot having an upper portion formed of dimensions capable of receiving the elongated tab thereinto and a lower portion having a width less than the length of the tab and being slightly greater than the width of the body element, the body element being fitted into the lower portion of the slot after insertion of the tab through the upper portion of the slot, the tab being of a length which is too great to fit through the lower portion of the slot, thereby mounting the hinge means within the slot for movement of the door frame about an edge thereof joined to the housing assembly by said hinge means.

54. The lighting fixture of claim 47 wherein the bar elements comprise a central body portion, a flange extending from one side edge of the central body portion, and a first U-shaped flange extending from the other side of the central body portion, the first U-shaped flange terminating in a second U-shaped flange on the opposite side of the central body portion from which the flange and the first U-shaped flange extend, the outermost legs of the second U-shaped flange being an extension of the outermost leg of the second U-shaped flange, thereby providing spaces between legs of the U-shaped flanges.

55. The lighting fixture of claim 54 and further comprising a corner strengthening plate having legs extending at 90°

angles relative to each other, one each of the legs being received within the spaces between the first and second U-shaped flanges formed on ends of the adjacent bars of the door frame, the Ate acting to strengthen a corner joint formed by mounting together of the ends of said adjacent bar elements.

56. The lighting fixture of claim 54 wherein ends of the bar elements are intended to allow fitting of said bar elements together at 90°

angles relative to each other.

57. The lighting fixture of claim 55 wherein the second U-shaped flanges formed along side edges of the bar element extending into covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly, thereby producing a light trap function.

58. A lighting fixture having at least one lamp carried within a housing assembly, comprising:

a door frame mounted for movement relative to the housing assembly to facilitate access to the interior of the lighting fixture;

a lighting panel carried by the door frame and disposed in operative relation to the at least one lamp; and

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means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for latching the door frame to the housing assembly, the latching means comprising at least one spring-like body element receivable within one of the slots and a manually manipulable plate element joined the body element and extending externally of the lighting fixture at a locus of the door frame, manipulation of the plate element causing disengagement of the body element carried by the door frame from the slot formed in the housing assembly, thereby to release the door frame from the housing assembly on at least one side of the door frame.

59. The lighting fixture of claim 58 wherein the door frame is formed of elongated bar elements joined together at end portions thereof and further comprising means integral with the bar elements for joining said bar elements together.

60. The lighting fixture of claim 58 wherein portions of the housing assembly define a recess dimensioned to receive the door frame thereinto, the door frame having flange-like extensions formed along side edges thereof and extending outwardly of the fixture and in covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly.

61. The lighting fixture of claim 58 wherein the lighting panel comprises a prismatic lens cover.

62. The lighting fixture of claim 58 and further comprising means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for hinging the door frame to the housing assembly.

63. The lighting fixture of claim 62 wherein the hinging means comprise a body element extending from connection to the doorframe, the body element having a predetermined width and an elongated tab terminating the body element and having a length greater than the width of the body element, the slot having an upper portion formed of dimensions capable of receiving the elongated tab thereinto and a lower portion having a width less than the length of the tab and being slightly greater than the width of the body element, the body element being fitted into the lower portion of the slot after insertion of the tab through the upper portion of the slot, the tab being of a length which is too great to fit through the lower portion of the slot, thereby mounting the hinge means within the slot for movement of the door frame about an edge thereof joined to the housing assembly by said hinge means.

64. The lighting fixture of claim 59 wherein the joining means comprise a first tab formed at each end of a first pair of bar elements, each tab surmounting a slot formed along the juncture between the tab and the bar elements, the other pair of parallel bar elements having a second tab formed at each end thereof the second tabs being dimensioned to be received one each through the slots at the ends of the first pair of the bar elements, the first and second tabs being bent back over to connect the bar elements together.

65. The lighting fixture of claim 64 wherein the bar elements comprise a central body portion, a flange extending from one side edge of the central body portion and a first U-shaped flange extending from the other side of the central body portion, the first U-shaped flange terminating in a second U-shaped flange on the opposite side of the central body portion from which the flange and the-first U-shaped flange extend, the outermost legs of the second U-shaped flange being an extension of the outermost leg of the second U-shaped flange, thereby providing spaces between legs of the U-shaped flanges.

66. The lighting fixture of claim 65 and further comprising a corner strengthening plate having legs extending at 90°

angles relative to each other, one each of the legs being received within the spaces between the first and second U-shaped flanges formed on ends of adjacent bars of the door frame, the pate acting to strengthen a corner joint formed by mounting together of the ends of said adjacent bar elements.

67. The lighting fixture of claim 65 wherein ends of the bar elements are intended to allow fitting of said bar elements together at 90°

angles relative to each other.

68. The lighting fixture of claim 66 wherein the second U-shaped flanges formed along side edges of the bar element extend into covering relation to interfaces between the doorframe and the housing assembly, thereby producing a light trap function.

69. A lighting fixture having at least one lamp carried within a housing assembly, comprising:

a door frame mounted for movement relative to the housing assembly to facilitate access to the interior of the lighting fixture;

a lighting panel carried by the door frame and disposed in operative relation to the at least one lamp; and

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means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for hinging the door frame to the housing assembly, the hinging means comprising a body element extending from connection to the door frame, the body element having a predetermined width and an elongated tab terminating The body element and having a length greater than the width of the body element, the slot having an upper portion formed of dimensions capable of receiving the elongated tab thereinto an a lower portion having a width less than the length of the tab and being slightly greater than the width of the body element, the body element being fitted into the lower portion of the slot after insertion of the tab through the upper portion of the slot, the tab being of a length which is too great to fit through the lower portion of the slot, thereby mounting the hinge means within the slot for movement of the door frame about an edge thereof joined to the housing assembly by said hinge means.

70. The lighting fixture of claim 69 wherein the door frame is formed of elongated bar elements joined together at end portions thereof and further comprising means integral with the bar elements for joining said bar elements together.

71. The lighting fixture of claim 69 wherein portions of the housing assembly define a recess dimensioned to receive the door frame thereinto, the door frame having flange-like extensions formed along side edges thereof, the flange-like extensions extending outwardly of the fixture and in covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly.

72. The lighting fixture of claim 69 wherein the lighting panel comprises a prismatic lens cover.

73. The lighting fixture of claim 69 and further comprising means carried by the door frame and cooperating with slots formed in the housing assembly for latching the door frame to the housing assembly.

74. The lighting fixture of claim 73 wherein the latching means comprise at least one spring-like body element receivable within one of the slots and a manually manipulable plate element joined to the body element and extending externally of the lighting fixture at a locus of the door frame, manipulation of the plate element causing disengagement of the body element carried by the door frame from the slot formed in the housing assembly, thereby to release the door frame from the housing assembly on at least one side of the door frame.

75. The lighting fixture of claim 70 wherein the joining means comprise a first tab formed at each end of a first pair of the bar elements, each tab surmounting a slot formed along the juncture between the tab and the bar elements, the other pair of parallel bar elements having a second tab formed at each end thereof, the second tabs being dimensioned to be received one each through the slots at the ends of the first pair of the bar elements, the first and second tabs being bent back over to connect the bar elements together.

76. The lighting fixture of claim 75 wherein the bar elements comprise a central body portion, a flange extending from one side edge of the central body portion and a first U-shaped flange extending from the other side of the central body portion, the first U-shaped flange terminating in a second U-shaped flange on the opposite side of the central body portion from which the flange and the first U-shaped flange extend, the outermost legs of the second U-shaped flange being an extension of the outermost leg of the second U-shaped flange, thereby providing spaces between legs of the U-shaped flanges.

77. The lighting fixture of claim 76 and further comprising a corner strengthening plate having legs extending at 90°

angles relative to each other, one each of the legs being received within the spaces between the first and second U-shaped flanges formed on ends of adjacent bars of the door frame, the plate acting to strengthen a corner joint formed by mounting together of the ends of said adjacent bar elements.

78. The lighting fixture of claim 76 wherein ends of the bar elements are intended to allow fitting of said bar elements together at 90°

angles relative to each other.

79. The lighting fixture of claim 77 wherein the second U-shaped flanges formed along side edges of the bar elements extend into covering relation to interfaces between the door frame and the housing assembly, thereby producing a light trap function.