LED linear lighting strip

摘要

An LED lighting kit comprises an extrusion, an LED strip, a tapered wedge, and a mounting clip. The clip is sized and shaped to springably engage ledges in a first channel of the extrusion when the strip is mounted. In one aspect, two extrusions are butted end-to-end and are aligned by inserting the tapered wedge into the first channel of each extrusion prior to butting them together. The extrusion contains a second channel that houses the LED strip. A translucent diffuser is springably inserted into the second channel, thereby diffusing light that is emitted by the LED strip. End caps are inserted into the ends of the extrusion to complete the light kit. At least one of the end caps has a hole to admit electrical wires to power the LED strip.

主权项

1. A lighting kit, comprising:
a mounting clip for mounting said lighting kit to a mounting surface, said mounting clip including a base and a plurality of flat and flexible members having a main portion extending away from said base and in generally parallel relation; each of said members having an auxiliary portion that extends toward said base and a bight portion connecting said main and said auxiliary portions; an extrusion securable to said mounting clip, said extrusion including first and second channels; an LED light strip secured within said first channel of said extrusion, said second channel of said extrusion having a recess with two overhanging ledges extending toward one-another at the entrance to said second channel and separated by a distance smaller than the maximum width of said auxiliary portions of said mounting clip so that said clip can be inserted into said recess and retained in said recess by said ledges engaging said auxiliary portions; whereby when mounting said extrusion to said mounting surface, said flat and said flexible members and said auxiliary portions of said mounting clip engage said ledges on said recess, thereby providing a secure attachment of said lighting kit to said mounting surface; a second extrusion similar to said first-named extrusion so as to provide first and second extrusions; and a double-tapered wedge having first and second ends, said wedge having a top portion with a first width that is sized to slidably insert between said ledges in said extrusions and a bottom portion with a height that is sized to slidably fit into said second channel of said extrusions and a width that is tapered from a narrow width at its ends to a wider width at its center point; said width of said wedge at said center point between said first and said second ends being equal to or slightly greater than the width of said second channel so that said wedge is slidably insertable into said second channel up to the center point of said wedge but no further; whereby when said first end of said wedge is inserted into said second channel of said first extrusion, said second end of said wedge extends outward from said first extrusion so that said second channel of said second extrusion can slidably engage said second end of said wedge until said first and said second extrusions are butted together in a tight fit, thereby securing said first and said second extrusions in alignment.