Apparatus for securing a trim frame to a recessed housing member and a method of making thereof

摘要

An apparatus for securing a trim frame to a housing member in a recessed lighting fixture. The apparatus includes a spring associated with the trim frame having a top edge, a left edge, a right edge, and a bottom edge, a left portion, a right portion, and a center portion between the left portion and the right portion. The left portion is connected to the center portion along a first bend extending substantially parallel to a vertical centerline of the spring from the top edge to the bottom edge, and the right portion connected to the center portion along a second bend extending substantially parallel to the vertical centerline of the spring from the top edge to the bottom edge. The left portion includes a first lead-in portion formed by a third bend extending from the top edge to the left edge and a first retention portion formed by a fourth bend extending from the bottom edge to the left edge, and the right portion includes a second lead-in portion formed by a fifth bend extending from the top edge to the right edge and a second retention portion formed by a sixth bend extending from the bottom edge to the right edge.