EP 3517825 A1 20190731 - IMPROVED SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY
Title (en)
IMPROVED SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY
Title (de)
VERBESSERTE AUFHÄNGUNGSANORDNUNG
Title (fr)
ENSEMBLE DE SUSPENSION AMÉLIORÉ
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 201801293 A 20180126
Abstract (en)
A suspension apparatus suitable for suspending an item such as a linear luminaire from a support element or surface such as a ceiling by means of a tensile element or suspension means, said suspension apparatus comprising:-(i) a chassis member on the item to be suspended said chassis member comprising a bottom portion and two opposing side portions, the chassis member incorporating a first attachment means in the form of an inwardly directed flange on each opposing side portion of the chassis member, said flanges being adapted to engage with one or more suspension clips in order to suspend the chassis member from a support element;(ii) at least one resiliently deformable suspension clip adapted to attach to a tensile element, said suspension clip incorporating a second attachment means adapted to releasably engage with the first attachment means associated with the chassis member in order to attach/detach the suspension clip to the chassis member wherein the suspension clip is deformable between a detachable configuration in which the suspension clip can be separated from or placed into the chassis member and an attached configuration in which the suspension clip and the chassis member are fixedly attached to each other;(iii) a suspension clip lock associated with the suspension clip wherein the suspension clip lock is movable between a locked position in which the suspension clip is locked in an attached configuration, and an unlocked position in which the suspension clip is deformable and can be attached to or detached from the chassis member.
IPC 8 full level
F21S 4/28 (2016.01); F21S 8/06 (2006.01); F21V 17/18 (2006.01); F21V 21/104 (2006.01); F21V 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP GB)
F21S 4/28 (2016.01 - EP); F21S 8/061 (2013.01 - EP); F21V 17/18 (2013.01 - EP); F21V 21/008 (2013.01 - GB); F21V 21/088 (2013.01 - GB); F21V 21/104 (2013.01 - EP); F21V 21/112 (2013.01 - GB); F21V 21/16 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
- [XAI] US 4138716 A 19790206 - MUHLETHALER RICHARD V, et al
- [X] DE 202010007709 U1 20100826 - RIDI LEUCHTEN GMBH [DE]
- [X] EP 0826919 A2 19980304 - PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL], et al
- [X] EP 0813027 A2 19971217 - THORN LICHT GMBH [DE]
- [A] US 2006291219 A1 20061228 - CHEN MEIRIC [TW]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 3517825 A1 20190731; GB 201801293 D0 20180314; GB 201901029 D0 20190313; GB 2571831 A 20190911; GB 2571831 B 20201021
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 19153736 A 20190125; GB 201801293 A 20180126; GB 201901029 A 20190125