Lighting fixture with thermal protector bracket

Claim 1

In a recessed incandescent lighting fixture having a faceplate and a wireway spaced from said faceplate for holding a bulb socket and for effecting the electrical connections to the fixture, the improvement comprising: a substantially cylindrical thermal protector connected to said wireway by a wireway extension comprising a flexible metallic conduit; and a bracket for releasably retaining the protector and cable on the rear surface of the faceplate, the bracket comprising a base member mounted on the rear surface of the faceplate, a first mounting member extending outwardly from the base member and having means forming a first slot therein for releasably retaining the thermal protector, a second mounting member extending outwardly from the base member and spaced apart from the first mounting member, the second mounting member having means including two bendable arms forming a second slot for releasably receiving the minor root diameter of the conduit, and a spacing member having end portions disposed in the slots between the base member and the protector and conduit and having deflecting means disposed at the one end portion received in the second slot for deflecting the two arms relative to each other at an angle substantially equal to the pitch of the conduit thread.