Recessed light fixture having integrally formed mounting tracks
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1. An adjustable recessed light fixture comprising:
- a housing having housing sidewalk, a top, and a pan having a pan opening therethrough;
said housing sidewalk, said top, and said pan surrounding and defining a housing interior space;
a pair of vertically extending mounting tracks integrally formed in said housing sidewalk on opposite sides of said housing interior space and extending into said housing interior space, wherein each of said mounting tracks is formed of the same piece of material as its respective housing sidewall;
each of said mounting tracks having a continuous front face interiorly offset from the remainder of a corresponding one of said housing sidewalk;
a linearly extending lamp support bar having at least one spring clip proximal each end thereof;
said lamp support bar extending within said housing between said mounting tracks and being vertically adjustable along said mounting tracks;
wherein each said spring clip of said lamp support bar frictionally engages said continuous front face of a corresponding one of said mounting tracks, thereby allowing said lamp support bar to be temporarily affixed at a desired vertical orientation along said mounting tracks.
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A recessed light fixture is provided with vertically extending mounting tracks integrally formed in opposed sidewalls of a light fixture housing. The mounting tracks have a continuous front face. The recessed light fixture also has a lamp support bar that extends between the mounting tracks and has at least one spring clip proximal each end thereof. Each at least one spring clip frictionally engages the front face of a corresponding of the mounting tracks, thereby allowing the lamp support bar to be temporarily affixed at a desired vertical orientation along the mounting tracks.
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21 Claims
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1. An adjustable recessed light fixture comprising:
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a housing having housing sidewalk, a top, and a pan having a pan opening therethrough;
said housing sidewalk, said top, and said pan surrounding and defining a housing interior space;a pair of vertically extending mounting tracks integrally formed in said housing sidewalk on opposite sides of said housing interior space and extending into said housing interior space, wherein each of said mounting tracks is formed of the same piece of material as its respective housing sidewall; each of said mounting tracks having a continuous front face interiorly offset from the remainder of a corresponding one of said housing sidewalk; a linearly extending lamp support bar having at least one spring clip proximal each end thereof; said lamp support bar extending within said housing between said mounting tracks and being vertically adjustable along said mounting tracks; wherein each said spring clip of said lamp support bar frictionally engages said continuous front face of a corresponding one of said mounting tracks, thereby allowing said lamp support bar to be temporarily affixed at a desired vertical orientation along said mounting tracks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An adjustable recessed light fixture, comprising:
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a housing including a pan, a plurality of housing sidewalk, and a top collectively defining a housing interior; said pan having an opening therethrough; said plurality of housing sidewalk extending upwardly from said pan to said top;
at least one of said housing sidewalk having a junction box aperture provided therethrough;a pair of vertically extending mounting tracks, each of said mounting tracks integrally formed in a single of two opposed housing sidewalk of said housing sidewalk, wherein each of said mounting tracks is formed of the same piece of material as its respective housing sidewall; each of said mounting tracks having opposed mounting track sidewalls extending into said housing interior and a front face extending between said mounting track sidewalk; each said front face being substantially perpendicular to said mounting sidewalk; a linearly extending lamp support bar having at least one spring clip proximal each end thereof, each said spring clip having a relatively smooth contact surface; said lamp support bar extending horizontally within said housing between said mounting tracks and being vertically adjustable along said mounting tracks; wherein said contact surface of each said spring clip frictionally engages said front face of a corresponding one of said mounting tracks, thereby allowing said lamp support bar to be slidably respositioned along said mounting tracks; wherein said lamp support bar is slidably respositionable along said mounting tracks to any desired non-fixed location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An adjustable recessed light fixture comprising:
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a housing having a top separated from a pan by housing sidewall structure; said pan having a pan opening therethrough;
said housing sidewall structure, said top, and said pan surrounding and defining a housing interior space;a pair of vertically extending mounting tracks integrally formed opposite one another in said sidewall structure of said housing and extending into said housing interior space, wherein each of said mounting tracks is formed of the same piece of material as its respective housing sidewall;
wherein each of said mounting tracks is formed of the same piece of material as its respective housing sidewall and thereby forms a corresponding channel on the outside of the housing;each of said mounting tracks extending from immediately adjacent said top to immediately adjacent said pan and having a continuous front face offset interiorly into said housing by a pair of mounting track sidewalls; a lamp height adjustment bracket having at least one spring clip on each end thereof and a vertically oriented pair of faces flanking each said at least one spring clip; said lamp height adjustment bracket extending horizontally within said housing between said mounting tracks and being vertically adjustable along said mounting tracks; wherein each said spring clip is relatively smooth and frictionally engages said front face of a corresponding one of said mounting tracks, thereby allowing said lamp height adjustment bracket to be temporarily affixed at a desired vertical orientation anywhere along said mounting tracks; and wherein each said pair of faces are adjacent and substantially parallel with a corresponding said front face of said mounting tracks. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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