AU596003B2

AU596003B2 - Light fitting bracket

Info

Publication number: AU596003B2
Application number: AU16371/88A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Samuel Francis Hardy
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1987-05-18
Filing date: 1988-05-13
Publication date: 1990-04-12
Anticipated expiration: 2008-05-13
Also published as: AU1637188A

Description

P/0/O11 PATENTS ACT 1952-1333§o3 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (ORiI G INAL) FOR OFFICE USE Fofm Class: Int. CI: 00 Application Number: 0 Lodged: *o o0 Compplete Specification-Lodged: o Accepted: Published, *Pdrirty: Related Art; 4 4 I C, r 4 Ndrne of Applicant,.

Address of Applicant: TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT SAMUEL FRANCIS HARDY, of 554. Waverley Road, Chadstoief Victoria 3148, Australia.

Actual Inventor:i as above Care of: Address tor Service: COWIE, THOMSON CARTER, Patent Attorneys, 71 Queons Road, Melbourne, Vic., 3004.

AUstralia.

Complete bpecification for the Invention entitled: "LIGHT FITTING SUPPORT MEMBER"1 The following statemont is a full dke~criptlon of this Invention, Including the best method of performing It known to me:- a 'Note The descr~iton Is fo be typed In double spacing, pica type face, In an area oiot exceeding 260 mm In depth and 160 mm In Width, on tough White paper of good quality and It Is to be !nserted Inside this form.

i 1710/76- L 117 1O/76-LC. 4. Tsiow4I' 4.omono hhh Motonmlij i'ginicr, Conbor .I6.6'""L THIS INVE'TTION relates to a light fitting support member and to a method of securing same to a ceiling or wall.

Prior known support members for light fittings have comprised wooden or plastic blocks, usually of circular configuration, fixed through a ceiling or wall by screws or the like. To these blocks are attached the light fixture members having the electric wire terminals and means for supporting the light fittings and shades.

These prior known fittings suffer from a numaber of disadvantages, one being that the location of a light fitting on a ceiling or a wall is dictated by the position of a rafter beam or a wall stud so t5 an effective secui~ment can be made of the fitting to the ceiling or 1 5 wall. This is particularly important when the ceiling or wall is of plaster board or similarly non-retentive material for fixing purposes.

A further disadvantage is that when the light fixture supporting block is secured in position, care must be taken by painters when painting the ceiling or wall so that the light fittings are not painted or touched with paint.

Yet a further disadvantage of these known fittings ttt is that the conventional light fitting support blocks 2' may not adequately cover an oversize aperture made in th(. ceiling or wall by the builderF, resulting in the necessity to plaster fill the exposed parts of the aperture.

SIt is an object of the present invention to provide t, 30 a light fitting support member which overcomes the t disadvantages of the above-stated prior art and provides a support member .!hich can be easily and securely fitted to a ceiling or wall, which does not rely on the location of rafter beams or wall studs for securement purposes, which allows painting close up to a light fitting without marking the light fitting with paint, and which covers up any overly enlarged aperture for the electric cables.

According to the invention there is provided a /3 AU support member for securing a light fitting to a wall

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0 4. 5 9 15 S0 9 o 0 0 1 or ceiling surrounding an aperture in said wall or ceiling comprising a plate member having a planar outer base rim portion provided with a plurality of apertures, an offset land portion extending inwardly at an angle from the plane of said base rim portion and including a plurality of apertures and an inner planar portion extending from the inner edge of said offset portion and including a centrally located aperture for receiving said light fitting therein, said support member being adapted to be secured to said wall or ceiling surrouinding said aperture by said base rim and offset land portions being embedded in a coating of filling and settable material applied to the wall or ceiling surrounding said wall or ceiling aperture, said filling and settable material extending through said plurality of apertures in said base rim and offset land portions.

According to a further feature of the invention there is provided a method of securing said support member to a ceiling or wall surface including the steps of applying a coating of filling and settable material to said ceiling or wall surface around an aperture therein, embedding and securing said base rim portion in said material so that said material extrudes through said apertures of the base rim portion and said offset land portion, and smoothing the extruded material outwardly of said support member towards said support surface to provide a tapered finished surface.

In order that the invention and its manner of performance may be more fully understood, reference will now be made to an embodiment of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:- Figure 1 is a perspectiva view of the light fitting support member of the invention; Figure 2 is a cross-section elevational view of the initial step in the method of the invention; Figure 3 is a cross-section elevational view of a further step in the method of the invention; and 7-N -3a- Figure 4 is a cross-sectional elevational view of the finished attachment of the fitting support met, her illustrating the attachment of the light fitting.

Referring to the drawings, the support member of the invention of relatively thin plate material comprises a base rim portion 6 provided with a plurality of apertures 7, an offset land portion 8 a-d also provided with apertures 7 and inwardly extending planar portion 9 having a central aperture 10 for receiving a light fitting 11 in a removable fashion.

aa *s 0 0O 0 000 4a a 00 0 00#00 9 4, 0 0000 0 0 04~0 0I 0 s 4 9, i W -jBi."* IolaL 4 In application to a ceiling or wall 12, usually of plaster board, but may be of other materials, a coating of filling and settable material normally plaster, is applied to the ceiling or wall 12 around an aperture 14 cut therein to allow access to an electric light cable normally run by an electrician during construction of a building.

The support member 5 is then pushed onto the coating 13 so as to be embedded therein as shown in Figure 3 with the coating 13 being extruded through the apertures 7 of the base rim portion 6 and the offset land portion 8. The coating 13 is then smoothed outwardly to provide r a tapered finish 20 blending with the ceiling or wall 12.

If desired a liquified coating of the material 13 may be 15 applied to provide a smooth finished appearance or the initial coating 13 may be sandpapered to provide the desired finish A bayonet type lamp fitting 11 may then be inserted into the central aperture 10 with the tapered portion 15 thereof above the removable shroud part 17 engaging in the aperture and cutting its own thread in the plastic material of fitting 11. Alternatively, a single thread 18 may be cut in the fitting 11 so as to assist in the securement of fitting 11.

«25 It will be appreciated that with the support I ,tttj member of the present invention, the member can be removed to allow repainting of a ceiling or Wall without paint being inadvertently applied to the light fitting. Also smaller and compact light fittings may be attached to support a light shade.

Claims

1. A support member for securing a light fitting to a wall or ceiling surrounding an aperture in said wall or ceilinq comprising a plate member having a planar outer base rim portion provided with a plurality of apertures, an offset land portion extending inwardly at an angle from the plane of said base rim ,urtion and including a plurality of apertures and an inner planar portion extending from the inner edge of said offset portion and including a centrally located aperture for receiving said light fitting therein, said support member being adapted to be secured to said wall or ceiling surrounding said aperture by said base rim and offset land portions being embedded in a coating of filling and settable material applied to the wall or ceiling surrounding said wall or ceiling aperture, said filling and settable material extending through said plurality of apertures in said base rim and offset land portions.

2. A support member according to claim 1 wherein said support member is made from a flexible sheet metal material.

3. A method of securing a support member according to claim 1 to a ceiling or wall surface including the steps of applying a coating of filling and settable material to said ceiling or wall surface around an aperture therein, embedding and securing said base rim portion in said material so that said material extrudes through sa~d apertures of the base rim portion and said offset land portion, and smoothing the extruded material outwardly of said support member towards said support surface to provide a tapered finished surface.

4. A method according to claim 3 wherein a liquified coating of the filling and settable material is further applied to provide a smooth finished appearance on said tapered finished surface from the offset land portion to the ceiling or wall surface.

A support member for a light fitting substantially as herein described with reference to the 4 a- 4 a -6- accompanying drawings.

6. A method of securing a support member for a light fitting to a ceiling or wall surface substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings. DATED this 19th day of January, 1990. SAMUEL FRANCIS HARDY. tt t 'c t 4, s, 4 l I CC14kE 2 lhn ~-F~9 4 4.