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Abstract

A ceiling surface-mounted fixture housing capable of supporting decorative trim of differing shapes and sizes and further being capable of surface mounting to ceiling drywall about a recessed junction box mounted in the ceiling or to inverted T-grid ceiling systems, the invention provides flexibility and function and ease of installation. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a fixture housing having a substantially central aperture formed in a major planar floor thereof is mounted by conventional fasteners over a junction box which has previously been installed in a recess of a drywall ceiling or the like. Wiring for the junction box extends into the fixture housing from the junction box and is joined to wiring carried by a wireway cover which joins mechanically to the fixture housing, the wiring thus being carried within a 'box' formed by the fixture housing and the wireway cover. Lamping and ballast are mounted to an exterior major surface of the wireway cover. Hanger bars mounted to the fixture housing receive hook-like mounting brackets which have been mounted to frame portions of a decorative trim in locations which permit easy engagement and disengagement of the mounting brackets with the hanger bars. On assembly, the decorative trim covers the lamping, ballast, etc., to enable the fixture to present a pleasing appearance.

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First Claim