Led light assembly and system

Abstract

A hanging assembly for a ceiling mounted lighting assembly is disclosed. The hanging assembly incudes a hanging bracket at least two mating clips. The hanging bracket is configured to be secured to a casing for housing the lighting assembly. The mating clips are configured to be secured to one end of a frame of the lighting assembly. The hanging bracket in combination with the at least two mating clips are configured to mate together to provide for easily attaching at least one end of the frame of the lighting assembly to the casing to allow for the lighting assembly to freely swivel and hang down from a swivel point where the at least one end of the frame of lighting assembly is mated with casing.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A hanging assembly for a ceiling mounted lighting assembly, comprising:
 a hanging bracket configured to be secured to a casing for housing the lighting assembly;   at least two mating clips configured to be secured to one end of a frame of the lighting assembly;   wherein the hanging bracket in combination with the at least two mating clips are configured to mate together to provide for easily attaching the one end of the frame of the lighting assembly to the casing for the lighting assembly to allow for a portion of the lighting assembly to freely swivel and hang down from a swivel point where the at least one end of the frame of lighting assembly is mated with casing.   
     
     
         2 . The hanging assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the clips of the frame mate with slots in hanging bracket to easily connect and disconnect the clips of the frame with the hanging bracket to allow for easily attaching of the frame of the lighting assembly to the casing for the lighting assembly and to allow for the frame of lighting assembly to swivel with respect to the hanging bracket. 
     
     
         3 . The hanging assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the mating clips of the frame are attached to the frame of the lighting assembly and wherein the hanging bracket is attached to the casing. 
     
     
         4 . The hanging assembly for a ceiling mounted lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the hanging bracket and the at least two mating clips provide for easy installation and wiring of the overall lighting assembly by providing for the lighting assembly to hang from the at least one end of the frame so that the lighting assembly need not be held while being wired or installed. 
     
     
         5 . The hanging assembly for a ceiling mounted lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , comprising two hanging brackets secured to the casing at opposite ends of the casing and four mating clips, two mating clips secured to the frame at corresponding ends of the frame of the lighting assembly to allow the hanging bracket to easily be connected and disconnected from the clips at opposite ends of the frame of lighting system. 
     
     
         6 . The hanging assembly for a ceiling mounted lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the hanging bracket comprises a U-shaped channel. 
     
     
         7 . The hanging assembly for a ceiling mounted lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein one face of the U-shaped channel has slots two slots for receiving the mating clips. 
     
     
         8 . The hanging assembly for a ceiling mounted lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the hanging bracket has tabs providing for pushing the hanging bracket into mating engagement with the casing. 
     
     
         9 . A method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly comprising a casing that houses the traditional lighting assembly having fluorescent tubes with an LED based lighting assembly, comprising:
 removing some components of the traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly;   securing at least one hanging bracket having two slots to the casing; and   attaching two clips secured to a frame of the LED based lighting assembly to the respective two grooves of the hanging bracket so that one end of the fixture is suspended by a combination of the hanging bracket and the two clips; and   wiring up the LED based lighting assembly with the LED lighting assembly suspended at one end by the hanging bracket and the two clips.   
     
     
         10 . The method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , further comprising:
 securing a second hanging bracket having two slots to an opposite end of the casing;   securing an opposite end of the LED based lighting assembly to the casing by attaching two clips secured to an opposite end of the frame of the LED lighting fixture to the respective two grooves of the second hanging bracket.   
     
     
         11 . The method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly with an LED based lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein securing the at least one hanging bracket to the casing comprises pushing tabs of the hanging bracket into place in the casing 
     
     
         12 . The method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly with an LED based lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 11 , further comprising securing the hanging bracket to the casing with at least two screws. 
     
     
         13 . The method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the act of removing at least some components of the traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly comprises:
 removing a covering grid;   removing the fluorescent tubes;   removing a ballast cover to expose a ballast; and   disconnecting the ballast from a ballast wire.   
     
     
         14 . The method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly with the LED lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the act of wiring up the LED based lighting assembly with the LED lighting assembly comprises wiring the LED lighting assembly to the ballast wire while it is suspended at one end by the combination of the two clips and the hanging bracket. 
     
     
         15 . The method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly with an LED based lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , further comprising:
 providing a hanging bracket configured to be secured to a casing for housing of the traditional lighting assembly that is mounted to the ceiling; and   providing the at least two mating clips configured to be secured to one end of a frame of the lighting assembly;   wherein the hanging bracket and the at least two mating clips are configured to mate together to provide for easily attaching the at least one end of the frame of the lighting assembly to the casing to allow for the lighting assembly to freely swivel and hang down from a swivel point where the at least one end of the frame of lighting assembly is mated with casing.   
     
     
         16 . The method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly with an LED based lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 15 , further comprising configuring the clips of the frame to mate with the slots in hanging bracket to easily connect and disconnect the clips of the frame with the hanging bracket to allow for easily attaching the frame of the LED based lighting assembly to the casing for the traditional lighting assembly and to allow for the frame of lighting assembly to swivel with respect to the hanging bracket. 
     
     
         17 . The method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly with an LED based lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , further comprising attaching the mating clips to the frame of the LED based lighting assembly. 
     
     
         18 . The method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly with an LED based lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , further comprising providing the hanging bracket with a U-shaped channel. 
     
     
         19 . The method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly with an LED based lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 18 , further comprising providing the hanging bracket with one face of the U-shaped channel having the two slots for receiving the mating clips. 
     
     
         20 . The method of retrofitting a traditional ceiling mounted lighting assembly with an LED based lighting assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , further comprising providing the hanging bracket with tabs for pushing the hanging bracket into the casing.