US 12,007,101 B2
Luminaire with tool-less assembly feature
Steven Paul Koch, Westminster, CA (US); and Arthur Lee Smith, Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to EXTANT LIGHTING, LLC, Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Filed by Extant Lighting, LLC, Huntington Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/833,931.
Application 17/833,931 is a continuation of application No. 17/342,787, filed on Jun. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,378,262.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/038,745, filed on Jun. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299193 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F21V 21/02 (2006.01); F21S 4/28 (2016.01); F21V 15/015 (2006.01); F21Y 103/10 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 21/025 (2013.01) [F21S 4/28 (2016.01); F21V 15/015 (2013.01); F21Y 2103/10 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A luminaire comprising:
a housing defining a compartment accessible via a window defined by the housing, said housing further defining a pair of opposed shoulders adjacent said window;
a lighting module dimensioned to be received and retained in said window in an interference fit with said shoulders, said lighting module comprising a light source; and
a resilient member supported on said housing, said resilient member being positioned to abut said lighting module and be deflected by contact therewith during insertion of said lighting module through said window, and to at least partially resile to maintain said lighting module against said shoulders in an operative position on said housing, said resilient member comprising a leg positioned over and spanning a center of a width of said window, said leg extending at an acute angle relative to a plane of said window in position to abut and position said lighting module during insertion and removal of said lighting module relative to said window.