US 12,379,099 B2
Minimized profile surface lighting
Efthimios Mike Dionas, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to Polyxeni, LLC, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed by Polyxeni, LLC, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/009,553.
Application 19/009,553 is a continuation of application No. 18/664,363, filed on May 15, 2024, granted, now 12,241,616.
Application 18/664,363 is a continuation of application No. 18/365,639, filed on Aug. 4, 2023, granted, now 12,173,871, issued on Dec. 4, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/492,898, filed on Mar. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0137626 A1, May 1, 2025
Int. Cl. F21V 21/04 (2006.01); F21S 9/02 (2006.01); F21V 17/16 (2006.01); F21V 21/14 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 21/048 (2013.01) [F21S 9/022 (2013.01); F21V 17/164 (2013.01); F21V 21/14 (2013.01); F21V 23/002 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting system comprising:
(a) a mounting assembly configured for mounting on a host structure proximal to a first side of a mounting surface wherein the mounting surface is a ceiling portion or a wall and the host structure is configured to accommodate human inhabitants;
(b) a lighting unit coupled to the mounting assembly, wherein the lighting unit comprises a mounting side configured for attachment to the mounting assembly approximately flush with a second side of the mounting surface; and
(c) a mounting flange, wherein
(i) the mounting flange is coupled to the mounting assembly proximal to the mounting surface,
(ii) a portion of the mounting surface is captured between the mounting assembly and the mounting flange, and
(iii) the mounting flange is planar with a top surface that frictionally engages the mounting surface and a bottom surface that frictionally engages the lighting unit.