Landscape Light Fixture Slide Lock Bracket Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing outdoor landscape light fixtures face challenges in mounting and maintenance, particularly with the use of wood screws, which makes the process tedious and requires detachment of integral brackets for repair or replacement.
Innovation Solution
A light fixture design featuring a housing with a sliding and locking bracket assembly that allows for easy installation and removal, utilizing a housing bracket and mounting bracket configuration that securely attaches to wooden structures without the need for constant detachment of mounting brackets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wood screws are used to mount the light fixture, then the mounting can be secured to building structures, but the mounting process becomes tedious and requires detachment of integral brackets for repair or replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is divided into two separate components: a fixed bracket attached to the building structure with wood screws, and a removable bracket attached to the light fixture housing. This segmentation allows the fixture to be quickly installed and removed without detaching the fixed bracket, resolving the contradiction between secure mounting and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixed bracket serves as an intermediary element that remains permanently attached to the building structure, while the removable bracket on the fixture interfaces with it for quick connection and disconnection. This intermediary fixed bracket eliminates the need to detach mounting brackets during repair or replacement, maintaining both security and ease of operation.
2Reliability
If wood screws are used to mount the light fixture, then the mounting can be secured to building structures, but repair or replacement requires detachment of mounting brackets
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the bracket system into a permanent fixed bracket and a removable fixture bracket, the invention enables quick fixture replacement without affecting the mounting infrastructure. The fixed bracket remains secured to the building structure, while the removable bracket allows the entire fixture to be easily detached for repair or replacement.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixed bracket is pre-installed on the building structure during initial construction or setup, serving as a permanent mounting interface. This preliminary action eliminates the need to detach or re-install mounting brackets during subsequent fixture repairs or replacements, significantly improving ease of repair while maintaining secure mounting.
3Ease of manufacture
If integral brackets are used in the light fixture, then the mounting can be accomplished, but the process becomes tedious
Solution Approach 1:
The invention separates the bracket function into two distinct parts: a fixed bracket that remains on the building structure and a removable bracket on the fixture. This segmentation transforms the previously tedious process of detaching integral brackets into a simple connection between two bracket components, greatly improving ease of operation while maintaining manufacturing simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
A light fixture includes a housing having a hollow interior and an open end. A circuit board is mounted in the hollow interior of the housing. A source of illumination is mounted on the circuit board. A light transferable cover extends across a lower end of the housing. A bracket assembly mounted to the housing includes a housing bracket and a mounting bracket that is configured for mating and subsequent relative sliding motion to releasably lock the housing bracket to the mounting bracket.