US 12,276,396 B1
LED light holding system
Brian Rothbauer, Elkhart, IN (US); Adrian Byers, Elkhart, IN (US); and Nick Rothbauer, Elkhart, IN (US)
Assigned to Sigma Switches Plus, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US)
Filed by Sigma Switches Plus, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/794,130.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/614,739, filed on Dec. 26, 2023.
Int. Cl. F21S 8/04 (2006.01); F21S 4/28 (2016.01); F21V 19/00 (2006.01); F21W 106/00 (2018.01); F21Y 103/10 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21S 8/043 (2013.01) [F21S 4/28 (2016.01); F21V 19/0035 (2013.01); F21V 19/004 (2013.01); F21W 2106/00 (2018.01); F21Y 2103/10 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light holding system for use in an RV ceiling, said ceiling including a joist having a width and a retaining strip being fastened to said joist, said retaining strip having upstanding walls extending from a base, said upstanding walls defining a groove and said groove including retention nubs within said groove, said light holding system comprising:
an elongate light holder having wings defining an outer contoured surface and said wings having tips, a channel extending beneath said outer contoured surface, said channel including overhanging walls adjacent to said outer contoured surface, said channel having lateral walls and said lateral walls joined to a bottom wall, said channel including an opening adjacent to said outer contoured surface, a ridge wall extending from a bottom surface of said bottom wall opposite said channel and said ridge wall including a retention barb, said wings being resiliently bendable between an uninstalled position and an installed position, said uninstalled position locating said tips of said wings at a first distance from said opening and said installed position locating said tips of said wings at a second distance from said opening and said second distance being nearer than said first distance with respect to said opening, when said wings are in said installed position said wings being biased away from said opening and toward said uninstalled position.