Mount for a lighting device
View Patent ↗Disclosed are implementations of a mount used to attach a lighting device to an object or surface. The lighting device includes a cover attached to a base plate, where the cover includes a circumferential ledge. The mount includes a central opening through which the cover of the lighting device can extend. The central opening is bounded by a circumferential rim adapted to overlap the circumferential ledge of the lighting device. At least two of the mount's four sides include a receiving space configured to receive a strap, each of the mount's corners includes a tiedown aperture configured to permit a flexible tiedown to be looped therethrough, and a plurality of magnets are positioned in the underside of the mount. Also disclosed are methods for using the mount to attach the lighting device to an object or surface.
1. A mount configured to capture a lighting device between the mount and an object or surface, the lighting device comprising a cover attached to a base plate, the cover includes a circumferential ledge, the mount comprising:
a central opening through which the cover of the lighting device can extend;
four sides; and
four corners;
wherein:
the central opening is bounded by a circumferential rim adapted to overlap the circumferential ledge of the lighting device;
at least two of the four sides include a receiving space configured to receive a strap;
each of the four corners includes a tiedown aperture configured to permit a flexible tiedown to be looped therethrough, each tiedown aperture comprising an opening extending through the mount; and
a plurality of magnets are positioned in an underside of the mount.
2. The mount of claim 1 , wherein each receiving space comprises a pair of guide arms that extend inwardly toward each other, the pair of guide arms do not contact each other at their distal ends, but leave a space therebetween that forms an entrance into the receiving space.
3. The mount of claim 1 , wherein each tiedown aperture further comprises a fan-shaped inlet in the underside of the mount, and together the opening and the fan-shaped inlet are configured to permit a flexible tiedown to be looped therethrough.
4. The mount of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of magnets is retained in a recessed socket formed in the underside of the mount.
5. A method of using a mount to capture a lighting device between the mount and an object or surface, the lighting device comprising a cover attached to a base plate, the cover includes a circumferential ledge, the method comprising:
providing a mount comprising a central opening through which the cover of the lighting device can extend, four sides, and four corners, wherein: the central opening is bounded by a circumferential rim adapted to overlap the circumferential ledge of the cover; at least two of the four sides include a receiving space configured to receive a strap; each of the four corners includes a tiedown aperture configured to permit a flexible tiedown to be looped therethrough, each tiedown aperture comprising an opening extending through the mount; and a plurality of magnets are positioned in an underside of the mount;
positioning the mount on the lighting device such that the cover extends through the central opening of the mount and the circumferential rim overlaps the circumferential ledge of the cover; and
securing the mount to an object or surface.