IP Library Granted Patent US 8,092,039
Granted Patent B2
US 8,092,039 · App. 12/696,309 · Granted Jan 10, 2012

Recessed wall-wash staggered mounting system

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,092,039
App. No.
12/696,309
Granted
Jan 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention comprises a completely recessed wall-wash lighting fixture capable of being installed within a ceiling. The lighting fixture comprises a housing, which contains a lamp. The invention may comprise a lighting fixture further comprises a reflector disposed within the housing and adjacent to the first end of the housing. The invention may also comprise a flared lamp shield attached to the housing, which is capable of protecting the lighting fixture from damage. The lamp shield extends below the ceiling when the lighting fixture is installed.

Claims (10)

1. A staggered mounting system for a recessed light allowing side by side mounting within a suspended T-grid ceiling support, comprising:

a first troffer housing for mounting in a suspended t-grid having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, each of said first and second sides having a mounting extension and a recessed indentation;

a curved reflector mounted within said troffer;

a longitudinally extending light source below said reflector, said reflector designed to reflect light through a light opening in said troffer housing;

wherein said mounting extension on said first side is opposite said recessed indentation on said second side, and wherein said recessed indentation on said first side is opposite said mounting extension of said second side;

said mounting extension, is directly attached to a suspended T-grid ceiling support, wherein the mounting extension extends across the suspended T-grid ceiling support into a recessed portion of a second troffer housing to support the first and second troffer housings within the T-grid ceiling support.

2. The staggered mounting system of claim 1 wherein said mounting extension on said first side is substantially the same size of said recessed indentation on said second side.

3. The staggered mounting system of claim 1 wherein said mounting extension of said second side is substantially the same size of said recessed indentation on said first side.

4. The staggered mounting system of claim 3 wherein said first light troffer is mounted in a suspended T-grid ceiling system in side by side relationship with said second light troffer, wherein said first light troffer first side mounting extension is nested within said recessed portion of said second troffer housing such that a second light troffer second side recessed indentation receives the first light troffer first side mounting extension and wherein a second light troffer second side mounting extension is nested within said first light troffer recessed indentation.

5. The staggered mounting system for a recessed light allowing side by side mounting within a suspended T-grid ceiling support of claim 1 wherein said curved reflector is an integral part of a troffer housing top wall.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2019
From: PHILIPS LIGHTING NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
To: SIGNIFY NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050836/0669 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2016
From: GENLYTE THOMAS GROUP LLC
To: PHILIPS LIGHTING NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041085/0851 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2010
From: THOMPSON, PAUL
To: GENLYTE THOMAS GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 023890/0969 →