Illumination – With static structure – Wall or ceiling
Patent
1998-10-07
2000-09-12
Spyrou, Cassandra
Illumination
With static structure
Wall or ceiling
362147, 362267, F21S 802, F21V 1500
Patent
active
061167509
ABSTRACT:
A lighting fixture intended for mounting in a relationship with a shower stall for illumination of the shower stall, the fixture of the invention particularly taking the form of a recessed downlight fixture mounted above the ceiling of a shower stall or the like with light from the fixture entering the shower stall through an opening formed in the shower ceiling surmounted by the fixture. In this extremely wet location, a finishing trim of the fixture acts not only to cover the ceiling opening but also to provide means for preventing moisture capable of damaging electrical components of the fixture from coming into contact with said components. The finishing trim acts in concert with sealing structure which can take the form of gaskets, flexible bellows or the like to comprise the means for preventing potentially damaging moisture contact with said electrical components in certain embodiments of the invention. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, however, the finishing trim acts in concert with a lamp, particularly an indoor/outdoor lamp or lamp rated for moisture contact, to restrict the ability of moisture, especially in the form of splash, to move through an otherwise apparently open pathway existing between opposing surfaces of the lamp and of the finishing trim, such a restricted pathway acting to prevent contact of moisture with said electrical components.
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Darnell Kenneth E.
Jr. John Juba
NSI Enterprises Inc.
Spyrou Cassandra
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