Light fixture with removable glass panels

Claim 2

A lamp assembly comprising a frame having a base, a top, and a plurality of cornerposts extending between the base and the top for supporting the top, a panel having inner and outer surfaces and removably supported by said frame between two of said cornerposts, channel means on said base, said channel means providing a panel-receiving channel opening toward said top and having a width greater than the thickness of said panel, flange means on said frame for preventing inward movement of said panel, latch means on said top for releasably holding said panel against said flange means, said latch means including a resilient spring clip secured to the top and having a panel-engaging portion and a flexing portion, said panel-engaging portion bearing against the outer surface of the panel to securely hold the panel against the flange means, the flexing portion adapted to permit upward movement of said panel-engaging portion to release the panel, the bottom of said panel being received by said channel and pivotable therein when the latch means are released to swing the top of the panel away from the latch means.

Claim 3

A lamp assembly comprising a frame having a base, a top, and a plurality of cornerposts extending between the base and the top for supporting the top, a panel having inner and outer surfaces and removably supported by said frame between two of said cornerposts, channel means on said base, said channel means providing a panel-receiving channel opening toward said top and having a width greater than the thickness of said panel, flange means on said frame for preventing inward movement of said panel, a trim panel extending generally perimetrically about the panel and positioned outwardly of the panel, said trim panel including tab means received by the channel means, latch means on said top for releasably holding said trim panel and said panel, the bottom of the panel being received by said channel and pivotable therein when said latch means are released to swing the top of the panel and the top of the trim panel away from the latch means.

Claim 4

A lamp assembly comprising a frame having a base, a top, and a plurality of cornerposts extending between the base and the top for supporting the top, a panel having inner and outer surfaces and removably supported by said frame between two of said cornerposts, channel means on said base, said channel means providing a panel-receiving channel opening toward said top and having a width greater than the thickness of said panel, flange means on said frame for preventing inward movement of said panel, a trim panel extending generally perimetrically about the panel and positioned outwardly of the panel, said trim panel including tab means received by the channel means, latch means on said top for releasably holding said trim panel and said panel, the bottom of the panel being received by said channel and pivotable therein when said latch means are released to swing the top of the panel and the top of the trim panel away from the latch means.

Claim 5

The lamp assembly of claim 2 wherein said trim panel includes a top, bottom, and opposite inclined sides, said tab means extending downwardly from said trim panel bottom, said latch means engaging said trim panel top, portions of said trim panel sides engaging the outer surface of said panel to prevent outward movement thereof.

Claim 6

The lamp assembly of claim 2 in which said channel means includes an outer wall, an inner wall and a bottom wall, the outer wall having a bottom portion and a panel-engaging upper portion extending inwardly from the bottom portion along part of the length of the bottom portion whereby the panel is spaced rearwardly of the bottom portion of the outer wall, the tab means being inserted between the panel and the bottom portion of the outer wall.

Claim 7

A lamp assembly comprising a frame having a base, a top, and a plurality of cornerposts extending outwardly and upwardly from the base to the top for supporting the top, a generally trapezoidally shaped panel having inner and outer surfaces and removably supported by said frame between two of said cornerposts, said base including a panel-receiving channel having an outer wall and an inner wall and a web portion therebetween, said channel having a width greater than the thickness of said panel, the bottom edge of said panel being received by said channel and supported by said web portion, flange means on said frame engaging said panel inner surface and preventing inward movement of the panel, a generally trapezoidally shaped trim panel positioned outwardly of said panel, said trim panel having a top channel, a bottom channel, and opposite inclined side channels, tab means on said bottom channel extending downwardly therefrom and received by the panel-receiving channel, spring clip means on said top for releasably holding said trim panel against said panel and said panel against said flange means, the bottom edge of the panel being pivotable within said Channel when said spring clip means are released to swing the top of the panel and the top of the trim panel away from the spring clip means.

Claim 8

A lamp assembly comprising a frame having a base, a top, and a plurality of cornerposts extending outwardly and upwardly from the base to the top for supporting the top, a generally trapezoidally shaped panel having inner and outer surfaces and removably supported by said frame between two of said cornerposts, said base including a panel-receiving channel having an outer wall and an inner wall and a web portion therebetween, said channel having a width greater than the thickness of said panel, the bottom edge of said panel being received by said channel and supported by said web portion, flange means on said frame engaging said panel inner surface and preventing inward movement of the panel, a generally trapezoidally shaped trim panel positioned outwardly of said panel, said trim panel having a top channel, a bottom channel, and opposite inclined side channels, tab means on said bottom channel extending downwardly therefrom and received by the panel-receiving channel, spring clip means on said top for releasably holding said trim panel against said panel and said panel against said flange means, the bottom edge of the panel being pivotable within said Channel when said spring clip means are released to swing the top of the panel and the top of the trim panel away from the spring clip means.

Claim 9

The lamp assembly of claim 5, wherein said spring clip means engages the top channel of the trim panel to prevent outward movement of the trim panel.

Claim 10

The lamp assembly of claim 5 wherein a portion of at least one of said trim panel channels engages the outer surface of said panel when said spring clip means engages said top channel.

Claim 11

The lamp assembly of claim 7 wherein said trim panel is interposed between said spring clip means and said panel, said spring clip means pressing said trim panel portion against the panel to hold the panel against the flange means.

Claim 12

The lamp assembly of claim 5 wherein said spring clip means includes a resilient spring clip having a panel-engaging portion, a trim-panel-engaging portion, and a flexing portion, said panel-engaging portion bearing against the outer surface of the panel to hold the panel against said flange means, said trim-panel-engaging portion bearing against the top channel of the trim panel to prevent outward movement thereof, said flexing portion adapted to permit upward movement of said panel-engaging portion and said trim-panel-engaging portion to permit outward movement of the panel and trim panel.

Claim 13

A lamp assembly comprising a frame having a base, a top, and a plurality of cornerposts extending outwardly and upwardly from the base to the top for supporting the top, a panel having inner and outer surfaces and top, bottom and side edges removably supported by the frame between two of said cornerposts, each of said two cornerposts having a side edge terminating adjacent to and outwardly of a side edge of the panel, the top including a sidewall extending downwardly from the top between said two cornerposts and terminating in a bottom edge spaced slightly above the top edge of the panel, channel means on said base including an outer wall and an inner wall and a bottom wall, said outer wall and inner wall being spaced apart a distance greater than the thickness of said panel and forming a panel-receiving channel, the bottom edge of the top sidewall and the side edges of the said two cornerposts and the bottom wall of the channel defining a panel-receiving opening sized slightly larger than the panel, the bottom edge of the panel being received between the outer wall and inner wall of the channel and being supported by the bottom wall, flange means on the frame engaging said panel inner surface and preventing inward movement of the panel, latch means on the top extending downwardly below the bottom edge of the top sidewall into engagement with the panel for releasably holding the panel against the flange means in an inclined position from the vertical whereby the panel is pivotable under its own weight about the outer wall when the latch means is released, the bottom of said panel being engageable with said inner wall after limited pivoting movement of the panel to halt further pivoting movement of the panel whereby the panel is maintained by the channel means in an angularly inclined position and may be removed from the frame by lifting the panel upwardly from the channel.

Claim 14

A lamp assembly comprising a frame having a base, a top, and a plurality of cornerposts extending outwardly and upwardly from the base to the top for supporting the top, a panel having inner and outer surfaces and top, bottom and side edges removably supported by the frame between two of said cornerposts, each of said two cornerposts having a side edge terminating adjacent to and outwardly of a side edge of the panel, the top including a sidewall extending downwardly from the top between said two cornerposts and terminating in a bottom edge spaced slightly above the top edge of the panel, channel means on said base including an outer wall and an inner wall and a bottom wall, said outer wall and inner wall being spaced apart a distance greater than the thickness of said panel and forming a panel-receiving channel, the bottom edge of the top sidewall and the side edges of the said two cornerposts and the bottom wall of the channel defining a panel-receiving opening sized slightly larger than the panel, the bottom edge of the panel being received between the outer wall and inner wall of the channel and being supported by the bottom wall, flange means on the frame engaging said panel inner surface and preventing inward movement of the panel, latch means on the top extending downwardly below the bottom edge of the top sidewall into engagement with the panel for releasably holding the panel against the flange means in an inclined position from the vertical whereby the panel is pivotable under its own weight about the outer wall when the latch means is released, the bottom of said panel being engageable with said inner wall after limited pivoting movement of the panel to halt further pivoting movement of the panel whereby the panel is maintained by the channel means in an angularly inclined position and may be removed from the frame by lifting the panel upwardly from the channel.

Claim 15

The lamp assembly of claim 10 in which the flange means includes an elongated flange extending downwardly behind the upper edge of the panel, the flange being offset inwardly from and secured to the bottom edge of the top sidewall by an inwardly extending shoulder.

Claim 16

The lamp assembly of claim 10 in which the flange means includes an elongated flange extending laterally behind each side edge of the panel, each flange being offset inwardly from and secured to the side edge of one of said two cornerposts by an inwardly extending shoulder.

Claim 17

The lamp assembly of claim 10 in which the flange means includes a first elongated flange extending downwardly behind the upper edge of the panel, the first flange being offset inwardly from and secured to the bottom edge of the top sidewall by an iNwardly extending shoulder, a second elongated flange extending laterally behind one of the side edges of the panel and being offset inwardly from and secured to the side edge of one of said two cornerposts by an inwardly extending shoulder, and a third elongated flange extending laterally behind the other side edge of the panel being offset inwardly from and secured to the side edge of the other of said two cornerposts by an inwardly extending shoulder.