Light fitting bracket
View Patent ↗A bracket 1 for attaching a light fitting to a ceiling or wall. The bracket 1 has a main body 2 to be directly applied to the ceiling or wall and to be flush with the ceiling or wall. The main body 2 has a central portion 3 with a central aperture 4 for the passage of the electrical cable 12 coming out from the ceiling or wall. The central aperture 4 being sized so that the electrical cable 12 can easily pass through it.
1. A bracket for attaching a light fitting to a ceiling or wall, the bracket comprising:
a main body to be directly applied to the ceiling or wall and to be flush with the ceiling or wall;
wherein the main body comprises:
a central portion with a central aperture for the passage of an electrical cable coming out from the ceiling or wall, the central aperture being sized so that the electrical cable can pass through the central aperture; and
at least two arm portions that extend from the central portion and comprise elongated channels for receiving fasteners for fastening the bracket to the ceiling or wall and a latitudinal dimension of the central aperture is equal to or greater than a latitudinal dimension of the at least two arm portions.
2. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two arm portions extend outwardly from the central portion.
3. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 wherein the central portion has a continuous perimeter defining an enclosed central aperture.
4. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central portion has a discontinuous perimeter defining a partially enclosed central aperture.
5. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bracket is configured so that a diameter of the electrical cable is less than a diameter of the central aperture.
6. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the arm portions which extend from opposite sides of the central portion are aligned.
7. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the arm portions extend outwardly defining between them an angle less than 180°.
8. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the arm portions extend outwardly defining between them an angle equal to 180°.
9. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central portion with the central aperture and the at least two arm portions with elongated channels lie on the same plane intended to be flush with the ceiling or wall.
10. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central aperture is defined as a closed aperture by the central portion.
11. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central aperture is defined in a circular configuration by the central portion.
12. The bracket as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the central portion defines the circumference of the central aperture.
13. The bracket as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the central portion has a continuous perimeter defining the circumference of the central aperture.
14. The bracket as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the central portion has a discontinuous perimeter defining the partial circumference of the partially enclosed central aperture.
15. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central aperture is oversized in respect of the size of the electrical cable intended to pass through it, thus avoiding any contact between an inner edge of the central portion delimiting the central aperture and the electrical cable.
16. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central aperture is circular and a diameter of the central aperture is greater than or equal to the width of the arm portions.
17. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elongated receiving channels extend along a majority of a longitudinal length of the corresponding arm portions.
18. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elongated receiving channels extend from the central aperture until a corresponding free end of the arm portions.
19. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elongated receiving channels are connected with and opened into the central aperture.
20. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises four arm portions.
21. The bracket as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the four arm portions are in a cruciform arrangement.
22. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bracket further comprises, at the ends of the arm portions, lip portions for coupling a cover of the light fitting to the bracket.
23. The bracket as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bracket is a single component bracket.
24. A light fitting for a ceiling or wall, comprising:
a bracket for attaching a light fitting to a ceiling or wall;
wherein the bracket comprises:
a main body to be directly applied to the ceiling or wall and to be flush with the ceiling or wall;
wherein the main body comprises:
a central portion with a central aperture for the passage of an electrical cable coming out from the ceiling or wall, the central aperture being sized so that the electrical cable can pass through the central aperture; and
at least two arm portions that extend from the central portion and comprise elongated channels for receiving fasteners for fastening the bracket to the ceiling or wall and a latitudinal dimension of the central aperture is equal to or greater than a latitudinal dimension of the at least two arm portions.