Mounting clip for a recessed light fixture
CA 2250679 C · Owner: Canlyte Inc. · Inventors: Caluori, Giuseppe
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A clip for mounting a recessed light fixture into a panel includes a clamping assembly for anchoring the clip to a hole in the panel and a resilient arm biased toward a housing of the light fixture which fractionally engages the housing to support the fixture in the panel. In the preferred embodiment a gripping edge of the resilient arm contacts the housing at an oblique angle so that turning the housing in a particular direction draws the fixture into the hole and thus draws a flange surrounding the mouth of the housing flush against the panel.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 16, 1998 and granted December 18, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 16, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 16, 2020.
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