Lighting Mounting Platform With Integral Guide for Precise Ceiling Cuts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for installing recessed lighting fixtures face challenges such as inaccurate placement, oversized or irregular holes, and the need for multiple mounting solutions for different construction styles, leading to increased labor and potential installation issues.
Innovation Solution
A mounting platform with a substantially flat plate and an integral cutting guide, featuring a curved flange, elongated slots for securing to various ceiling support member spacings, and radial slits for accurate hole cutting, allowing for precise placement and alignment of recessed lighting fixtures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional mounting plates are used with ceiling support members spaced 16 inches apart, then the mounting plate can be installed, but it cannot be used with ceiling support members spaced 24 inches apart
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting platform is designed with an adjustable positioning mechanism that allows it to accommodate ceiling support members at different spacings (16 inches, 24 inches, and other configurations). The platform can be positioned at various locations relative to the support members, making a single universal solution replace multiple specialized mounting plates.
2Ease of operation
If the outside vertical surface of the cylindrical return is used as the cutting guide, then the mounting plate can be installed, but the plate is pushed back away from the rear side of the ceiling material causing inaccurate hole cutting
Solution Approach 1:
The cutting guide surface is formed with a curved configuration that conforms to the contour of the ceiling material rear side. This curved surface allows the mounting platform to maintain proper positioning against the ceiling material during hole cutting, preventing the plate from being pushed back and ensuring accurate hole placement and size.
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AI summary
A mounting platform for a lighting fixture comprising a substantially flat plate and an integral cutting guide. The integral cutting guide includes an aperture formed through the substantially flat plate and a flange formed around a perimeter of the aperture. The flange and the substantially flat plate intersect in a curve. The flange can form an angle of less than 90 degrees with respect to the bottom surface. The mounting platform can also include elongated slots for securing the mounting platform to a ceiling support member. The elongated slots are of a sufficient length to allow the mounting platform to be secured to the ceiling support member to allow placement of the integral cutting guide between a first ceiling support member and a second ceiling support member. The span between the first and second ceiling support members can be in the range of approximately 16 to 24 inches.