Lighting fixture having pivotable lamp sockets

Claim 1

A lighting fixture, comprising: a channel member including a base plate and a pair of parallel side walls extending parallel to one another from opposing longitudinal edges of the base plate and defining a cavity therebetween, each side wall including an inner surface facing the inner surface of the other side wall, and a partial cutout bent to form a leg joined to the inner surface by a connecting flange, the leg being oriented parallel to, and spaced inwardly from, the inner surface and including a generally semi-circular convex outer edge; two brackets mounted to respective ends of the channel member, each bracket carrying at least one lamp socket and comprising a front wall, and a pair of side walls extending parallel to one another from respective ends of the front wall, each bracket side wall including: a peripheral edge, an outwardly facing outer surface facing the inner surface of a respective one of the channel side walls, a generally semi-circular concave abutment wall upstanding from the outer surface and forming a pocket facing the peripheral edge at a distance therefrom, a portion of the bracket side wall being offset outwardly from the outer surface to define a retaining wall oriented parallel to a plane of the outer surface, the retaining wall situated in one direction between the pocket and the peripheral edge; each leg disposed in the pocket of a respective bracket side wall such that a portion of the leg is disposed between the retaining wall and a plane of the outer surface, the leg and bracket side wall being interconnected by a nipple/recess coupling defining an axis of rotation for the bracket, the axis disposed at a common center of both the convex outer edge and the abutment wall and enabling the bracket to be rotated relative to the channel member between: a storage position wherein the at least one lamp socket is disposed within the cavity, and an operative position wherein the at least one lamp socket projects out of the cavity.