Apparatus for installing a motion detector, lighting fixture or

Details Apparatus for installing a motion detector, lighting fixture or Apparatus for installing a motion detector, lighting fixture or

1993-06-18

1995-08-15

Picard, Leo P.

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Overhead

Towers, poles or posts

248343, 248544, H02G 308

Patent

active

054421322

ABSTRACT:
A simple, low-cost method and apparatus for supporting a lighting fixture, motion detector or the like while it is being electrically connected and mounted on a junction box in a side wall or ceiling. A disposable support link is provided for supporting the weight of the fixture during installation. The support link is easily attachable to the junction box and to the fixture without the need for tools, and can even be attached with only one hand. When the electrical connections are completed and the fixture is ready to be mounted on the junction box, the support link may simply be left in place in the junction box or in one embodiment may be removed with one hand as easily as it was attached. The support link is secured to the back side of the fixture in a position that will face the junction box when the fixture is in its installed configuration on the junction box. The other end of the support link is formed to be attachable to the junction box, either directly or through additional mounting hardware such as a cross bar across the face of the junction box. The junction box or cross bar is an otherwise conventional junction box or cross bar that has been provided with an apparatus by which the support link may be readily attached at the time of installation with a simple hand motion without any tools. With this apparatus an installer begins installing a fixture first by attaching the support link so that the fixture hangs from the junction box firmly supported by the support link. The installer then has both hands free to make the electrical connections. The support link may then be removed or, since it is flexible and occupies almost no space, may be stuffed into the junction box along with the electrical leads from the fixture as the fixture is mounted on the junction box.

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patent: 2532528 (1950-12-01), Zuley
patent: 2545124 (1951-03-01), Tornblom
patent: 2569859 (1951-10-01), Locke
patent: 2675696 (1954-04-01), Bisson
patent: 4162779 (1979-07-01), Steenhoren et al.

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