Information
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Patent Grant
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6350047
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Patent Number
6,350,047
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Date Filed
Monday, May 8, 200025 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, February 26, 200223 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
Agents
- Lamb; Charles G.
- Haeberlin; Jeffrey A.
- Middleton Reutlinger
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly and method of installing the same. The reflector assembly is installable from below the plane of a ceiling into a standard mounting frame for a recessed downlight reflector having a similarly sized light exit aperture. In the preferred embodiment configured for use as a single wall washer, the reflector assembly has a downlight reflector, a window cutout in the wall of the downlight reflector and a resilient wall wash reflector attached to the reflector assembly such that it is positioned behind the window cutout. The resilient wall wash reflector has flexible sides which flex inward, allowing the reflector assembly to fit through the mounting frame opening during installation. Once the assembly has cleared the frame opening, the flexible sides return to their original shape. In an embodiment preferred for use as a comer or double (parallel) wall washer, the reflector assembly has a yoke assembly having a top plate and a leg extending between the top plate and the mounting frame. The yoke assembly may be installed through the mounting frame opening and secured to the mounting frame from below the ceiling. Wall wash reflectors may then be installed through the opening and attached to the yoke assembly. Lastly, a downlight reflector with window cutouts may be installed through the opening and attached to the yoke assembly such that the window cutouts are positioned in front of the wall wash reflectors.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to recessed light fixture reflector assemblies, and particularly to downlight wall wash reflector assemblies which are installable from below the plane of the ceiling and a method of installing such reflector assemblies.
2. Description of Prior Art
Recessed light fixtures are light fixtures which are recessed behind a planar surface, such as a ceiling, wall, or floor. The fixtures are designed such that light exits the fixture through a hole or opening in the planar surface. The fixtures are primarily used in ceilings. Since generally no components of the fixture hang down below the ceiling, use of the fixtures allows lighting designers to illuminate a workspace while maintaining a smooth ceiling line. Thus, illumination is provided while the source of the light is, in effect, concealed.
Since the light source is located completely above the ceiling, efficiency concerns require the light from the source to be collected and focused downward and outward through the opening. Typically, this is accomplished through the use of a reflector assembly located above and around the sides of the light source directing the light downward and outward. However, it is desirable to shield the light source, and reflections of the light source in the reflector assembly, from normal viewing angles in the room. Direct view of the light source, or even a reflection of the light source in the reflector assembly, will create glare and uncomfortable brightness to an observer in the room. Thus, it is generally desirable in a home or workplace environment that the light from a recessed downlight reflector be focused outward at low angles, i.e. approximately 50 degrees or less, as measured from the nadir of the fixture. This angular measurement has been determined to shield an observer looking across the room from glare, while allowing each fixture to illuminate a reasonably sized area.
Utilizing today's commonly available light sources, including incandescent, fluorescent, low voltage, metal halide, and high intensity discharge (HID), recessed downlight reflectors are generally conical in shape, have round light exit apertures, and produce a generally conical shaped area of illumination. Thus, the illumination of the room can be accomplished by the arrangement of multiple recessed downlight fixtures such that their output light patterns produce the desired result.
The placement of a recessed downlight fixture in proximity to a wall or other vertical surface thus produces a scalloped illumination pattern as the vertical surface intersects the cone of light produced by the downlight reflector. This scalloped illumination effect is often undesirable and occasionally unacceptable. Thus, lighting designers often desire for recessed fixtures located close to walls to project light at both high and low angles toward the walls to evenly illuminate them from the ceiling to the floor, in effect washing the walls with light. However, it is desirable that light directed toward the room from such fixtures remain directed at lower angles to prevent glare. This requires the use of two different reflector designs in the same fixture: 1) the downlight reflector design discussed earlier to direct room side light downward and outward at low angles; and 2) a wall wash reflector to direct light primarily outward to illuminate the wall from the ceiling to the floor. Thus, a recessed downlight wall wash reflector combines both downlight and wall wash reflectors.
Additionally, it is desired that the ceiling opening and the appearance of the downlight wall wash fixture match the appearance of downlight only fixtures located elsewhere in the room.
Further complicating matters, it is often desirable or necessary to be able to install the recessed downlight wall wash reflector assemblies from below the ceiling. For instance, with the advent of new, more efficient compact fluorescent light sources many users wish to replace their older, less efficient incandescent recessed fixtures. However, access to the area above the ceiling is often unavailable with permanent type ceiling construction. Thus, the new reflector assembly must be installable, i.e. able to fit, into the old ceiling opening and frame that was used for the incandescent fixture.
A problem that has arisen, is that efficient wall wash reflector designs cause the downlight/wall washer reflector assembly to have a maximum width larger than the ceiling opening or mounting frame will accommodate.
Further, it is sometimes desirable to equip recessed fixtures having vertical surfaces on more than one side, such as hallways and comers, with wall wash reflectors to wash each vertical surface. The desired result can be achieved by outfitting the fixtures with multiple wall wash reflectors in either a double (parallel) configuration for a hallway, or a perpendicular configuration for a comer. However, this farther complicates matters by increasing the maximum diameter of the reflector assembly to an even greater dimension.
Typically, the increased diameter of wall wash reflector assemblies require special dedicated mounting frames and must be installed through access to the area above the ceiling.
Additionally, and especially with recessed fixtures configured for parallel and comer wall washing, it is desirable that the downlight and wall wash reflector assemblies have adjustable optics so that their illumination patterns may be aimed at the installation site.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved downlight wall wash reflector assembly installable from below a ceiling into a standard mounting frame for a recessed downlight reflector having a matching light exit aperture size.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly having a downlight reflector with a special window cutout behind which a wall wash reflector is positioned to provide wall washing opposite the wall wash reflector and downlighting around the rest of the reflector.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an improved downlight wall wash reflector assembly having single, double and corner wall wash configurations.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an aimable downlight wall wash reflector assembly.
One embodiment of the recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of the present invention addresses the problems described by utilizing a resilient wall wash reflector capable of flexing to allow the maximum diameter of the downlight wall wash reflector to be reduced to fit through the ceiling/mounting frame opening.
Another embodiment of the recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of the present invention addresses the problems described by utilizing a yoke assembly which is installable through the ceiling and frame opening. Various configurations of downlight/wall wash reflector assemblies can then be installed piece by piece through the ceiling/frame opening and attached to the yoke assembly. Once installed, the components of the reflector assembly can then be rotated in order to aim or adjust the illumination output of the recessed fixture toward the wall, as necessary.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of one embodiment of a recessed downlight single wall wash reflector assembly of the present invention. A window cutout underlying the wall wash reflector is shown in phantom lines.
FIG. 2
is a sectional view taken along line
2
—
2
of FIG.
1
.
FIG. 3
is side view with selected portions cut-away of a fully installed recessed light fixture utilizing the assembly of FIG.
1
.
FIG. 4
is a perspective view of the downlight wall wash reflector assembly of
FIG. 1
in the process of being installed into a mounting frame, showing impingement of the sides of the wall wash reflector against the mounting frame.
FIG. 4
a
is a perspective view of the wall wash reflector of
FIG. 4
showing the forces acting at the impingement points of the wall wash reflector with the mounting frame.
FIG. 5
is a side view of the assembly of
FIG. 1
showing a cut along the bottom edge of a wall wash reflector to facilitate flexation of the reflector.
FIG. 6
is an exploded view of a yoke assembly of a second embodiment of a recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of the present invention.
FIG. 7A
is an illustration of the step of attaching a socket cup assembly to the yoke assembly of
FIG. 6
for installation into a mounting frame (also shown).
FIG. 7B
is an illustration of the step of inserting the yoke assembly and socket cup assembly of FIG.
7
A through the mounting frame aperture.
FIG. 7C
is an illustration of the step of securing the yoke and socket cup assemblies of
FIG. 7A
to the mounting frame.
FIG. 7D
is an illustration of the step of securing kick reflectors in a double wall wash configuration to the yoke and socket cup assemblies of FIG.
7
A. For clarity, a leg of the yoke assembly and the mounting frame have been removed from the Figure.
FIG. 7E
is an illustration of the step of securing a downlight reflector with double wall wash window cutouts to the yoke and socket cup assemblies and the wall wash reflectors of FIG.
7
D. For clarity, the legs of the yoke assembly and the mounting frame have been removed from the Figure. Rotation directions of the reflector components are also illustrated in this Figure.
FIG. 7F
is an illustration of the step of securing a downlight reflector with corner wall wash window cutouts to a yoke and socket cup assembly having comer wall wash reflector components according to the present invention. Rotation directions of the reflector component are also illustrated in this Figure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The objects of the present invention may be accomplished in several embodiments. The preferred embodiment will be determined by the configuration, either single, double or corner wall washer, of the reflector assembly to achieve the desired results.
A recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly
10
configured for use as a single wall washer, as shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2
, designed for use with a compact fluorescent lamp light source, has a socket cup receiving neck
12
, a light source positioning section
14
, a downlight reflector section
16
, a window cutout
8
, a wall wash reflector
20
and a trim flange
22
. The assembly may be fabricated from aluminum or any other suitable material such that the reflector assembly
10
has the strength and rigidity to support a socket cup and lamp assembly, thus eliminating the need for a separate fixture housing.
FIG. 3
shows a fully installed recessed light fixture with a downlight wall wash reflector assembly of the present invention. For illustration, the figure shows installation of the fixture in both plaster/drywall
24
and acoustic tile
26
type ceilings. Additionally, the figure shows a standard mounting frame
28
for a recessed downlight reflector. Further shown are an electrical junction box
30
for attaching the wiring of the fixture to an external power source and armored cable
32
running from the junction box
30
to the socket cup assembly
34
.
A partial cut-away view of the socket cup assembly
34
is shown in
FIG. 4
where it connects with the armored cable
32
. This cut away view shows the lamp socket
36
and wiring
38
running from the armored cable
32
to the lamp socket
36
. The lamp socket
36
is attached to the socket cup
40
by screws
42
. Also shown in the cut away view are a socket cup spring tab
44
and the fluorescent lamp
46
and lamp base
48
.
The socket cup receiving neck
12
is designed to receive a standard socket cup assembly
34
, as shown in
FIG. 3
, which are well known in the industry. To that end, the neck
12
is generally cylindrical and has socket cup spring tab receiving slots
52
,
54
. However, the neck
12
may be flattened slightly at the location of the socket cup spring tab receiving slots
52
,
54
to better accommodate the socket cup spring tabs
44
. The socket cup receiving neck
12
is open at the top to receive the lamp socket
36
and spring tabs
44
of the socket cup assembly
34
. Additionally, the socket cup receiving neck
12
is open at the bottom to allow a lamp
46
held by the socket cup lamp socket
36
to extend downward into the reflector assembly
10
.
The embodiment shown in
FIGS. 1-5
, is designed for use with either 26 watt or 32 watt triple tube type compact fluorescent lamps, such as are well known in the industry and manufactured by companies such as Phillips, Osram Sylvania, or General Electric. Since the 26 watt and 32 watt lamps differ in length, an upper slot
52
and a lower slot
54
are provided in the socket cup receiving neck
12
in order to position each lamp in proper alignment with the optics of the reflector assembly
10
. The 32 watt lamp having a longer longitudinal length, by assembling the socket cup assembly
34
to the neck such that the spring tabs
44
mate with the upper spring tab receiving slots
52
, the lamp will be properly positioned in the reflector assembly
10
. Likewise, the 26 watt lamp will be properly positioned when the socket cup assembly
34
is assembled to the neck
12
such that the spring tabs
44
mate with the lower spring tab receiving slots
54
.
Additionally shown in
FIG. 2
, socket cup receiving neck
12
has ventilation holes
56
spaced around its periphery to provide a path for some air flow around the lamp tube
46
, allowing it to operate at a cooler and more efficient temperature.
The light source positioning section
14
is located below the socket cup receiving neck
12
. This section is also open at the top and bottom. It is attached to the socket cup receiving neck
12
and downlight reflector section
16
at its top and bottom, respectively. The lamp tubes
46
extend through this section and slightly into the downlight reflector section
16
. It has a slight tapering curve to its walls to transition from the diameter of the upper end of the downlight reflector section
16
to the lower end of the socket cup receiving neck
12
. The shape of the light source positioning section
14
is for ease of manufacture only and serves no other purpose. Likewise, the material of the light source positioning section
14
is an unfinished aluminum and, while it does encircle the lamp
46
, it performs no optical work. The sole purpose of this section is to position the lamp in proper relation to the downlight and wall wash reflectors
16
,
20
so that the desired effects of even illumination of a wall and glare free room side illumination are achieved.
The downlight reflector section
16
is located below the light source positioning section
14
and attached thereto around the light source positioning section's
14
lower edge. Actually, in the preferred embodiment, the downlight reflector section
16
, light source positioning section
14
, and socket cup receiving neck
12
have a unitary construction, but are described herein as sections according to their function. The downlight reflector section
16
is also open at its top and bottom. The downlight reflector section
16
is designed to deliver the maximum available light from the lamp
46
while shielding the lamp
46
from normal viewing angles to prevent uncomfortable brightness or glare to the viewer. It is usually made of aluminum and its interior, reflective surface is polished to a specular finish.
The bottom of the downlight reflector section
16
is open to the room below and is referred to as the light exit aperture
58
. The diameter of the light exit aperture, D
A
, for the downlight wall wash reflector assembly
10
is identical to the diameter of the light exit aperture of a companion downlight only fixture, so as to create a uniform appearance in a room having both types of fixtures.
Extending outward from the bottom end of the downlight reflector section
16
is an annular trim flange
22
. The purpose of the trim flange
22
is to cover the rough appearance of the hole in the ceiling
24
,
26
and to provide a smooth transition from the ceiling
24
,
26
into the reflector assembly
10
.
A window cutout
18
is made, as shown in
FIGS. 1-3
to allow light from the lamp to be reflected off of the wall wash reflector
20
, which is attached to the assembly such that it is positioned behind the window cutout
18
. The window cutout extends from just slightly above the lower edge of the downlight reflector section
16
upward into the light source positioning section
14
about ⅓ of the distance between the light source positioning section
14
to the socket cup receiving neck
12
. The angular width of the window cutout
18
is approximately 120 degrees.
The wall wash reflector
20
is comprised of a kick reflector
60
and a flange
62
formed at the upper end of the kick reflector
60
. The kick reflector
60
is specifically designed, in conjunction with the herein described window cutout
18
, to direct light from the lamp
46
to illuminate the adjacent wall evenly from the ceiling line to the floor. The flange
62
is shaped to match the contour of the light source positioning section
14
. The wall wash reflector
20
is attached at its flange
62
to the light source positioning section
14
through the use of a toggle lock mechanism. Thus, the sides and bottom of the kick reflector
60
are unattached.
As shown in
FIG. 4
, the sides of the kick reflector
60
extend outward such that the sides impinge the mounting frame
28
during installation of the reflector assembly
10
into the mounting frame
28
. Impingement points
63
are shown in FIG.
4
.
Also, as shown in
FIG. 5
, the bottom edge of the kick reflector
60
is cut at an angle of approximately 6 degrees from the midpoint of the bottom of the kick reflector
60
, outward toward each side. This cut allows the kick reflector
60
, also usually fabricated of aluminum, to have a resilient quality such that the sides may flex inward slightly while the reflector assembly
10
is being installed from below the ceiling, and return to their original orientation once the kick reflector
60
has cleared the mounting frame
28
opening.
FIG. 4
a
shows the forces acting on the wall wash reflector
20
at the impingement points
63
of the wall wash reflector with the mounting frame which result in flexation of the resilient kick reflector
60
to allow it to fit through the mounting frame
28
opening.
Another embodiment of a recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly designed for use in either single, double, or comer wall washer configurations is shown in
FIGS. 6-7F
. While this embodiment can function in all three configurations, it is the preferred embodiment for double and comer wall washer configurations. The socket cup receiving neck
12
, light source positioning section
14
, downlight reflector section
16
, window cutout
18
, wall wash reflector
20
and trim flange
22
taught in the previously described embodiment are all present and function similarly in this embodiment. However, their interconnection and method of installation differ as discussed below.
As shown in
FIGS. 7A through 7F
, one key element to this embodiment is the use of a yoke assembly
64
which allows the reflector assembly
10
components to be inserted piece by piece from below the ceiling. The yoke assembly
64
, in conjunction with the steps described below, facilitates installation of the downlight wall wash reflector assembly
10
from below the ceiling into position in the ceiling opening and mounting frame
28
.
The yoke assembly
64
, as shown in
FIG. 6
, has a top plate
66
, legs
68
, a wall wash reflector receiving ring
70
, and downlight reflector retaining springs
72
.
The top plate
66
has a central light source opening
74
, two vertical centering tabs
76
and two vertical trapping tabs
78
spaced around the perimeter of the central light source opening
74
.
The legs
68
are attached to the edges of the top plate
66
and have guide tabs
80
and latching prongs
82
located at the ends distal to the top plate
66
.
Wall wash reflector receiving ring
70
is rotatably attached to the top plate
66
by the bending of the end portion of the two trapping tabs
78
parallel to the top plate
66
. The centering tabs
76
serve to keep the wall wash reflector receiving ring
70
properly centered as it rotates. Wall wash reflector receiving ring
70
also has an-annular flange
84
extending downward from its inner periphery. The flange
84
has three spring receiving slots
86
located for double and corner wall wash reflector configurations. Wall wash reflector retaining springs
88
are positioned around the ring
70
in alignment with the spring receiving slots
96
(See FIG.
7
D).
As illustrated in
FIG. 7
the socket cup assembly
34
, which will be properly wired to the junction box (not shown) is pulled down through the ceiling (not shown) and frame
28
opening. Then, the socket cup assembly
34
is attached to the socket cup receiving neck
12
. As this embodiment is also designed for use with compact fluorescent triple tube lamps (not shown) in either 26 watt or 32 watt sizes, the appropriate set of spring tab receiving slots
52
,
54
in the socket cup receiving neck
12
will be utilized in conjunction with the socket cup spring tabs
44
to properly position and align the lamp with respect to the reflector assembly
10
optics.
As illustrated in
FIG. 7B
once the socket cup assembly
34
is properly attached to the yoke assembly
64
, the yoke/socket cup assemblies may be inserted through the ceiling and frame
28
opening by inserting one leg
68
through the opening and rotating the combined assembly inward and upward until the entire combined assembly is above the plane of the ceiling.
The next step, as illustrated in
FIG. 7C
, is to secure the yoke assembly
64
to the mounting frame
28
. This is accomplished by sliding the yoke assembly legs
68
downward along the mounting frame arms
92
such that the leg latching prongs
82
are pushed inward as they slide
20
through mounting frame prong receiving holes
94
, spring outward once through the holes
94
and positively engage the mounting frame
28
. This process is aided by the leg guide tabs
80
which align the legs
68
along the mounting frame arms
92
as the yoke assembly
64
is slid downward. The guide tabs
80
further serve to secure the legs
68
to the mounting frame
28
by bracing the yoke assembly
64
against the mounting frame arms
92
once the latching prongs
82
have engaged the mounting frame
78
.
The wall wash reflectors
20
, as shown in
FIG. 7D
, have a kick reflector
60
and a flange
62
along the upper edge of the kick reflector
60
. The flange
62
has a retaining spring receiving slot
96
. The flange
62
is shaped to match the downwardly extending flange
84
of the wall wash reflector receiving ring
70
.
The next step, as illustrated in
FIG. 7D
, is to secure wall wash reflectors
20
to the wall wash reflector receiving ring
70
by sliding the reflectors
20
upward such that the inner surface of the wall wash reflector flange
62
is positioned against the outer surface of the wall wash reflector receiving ring flange
84
and the wall wash reflector retaining spring
88
engages the retaining spring receiving slots of both the wall wash reflector flange and the wall wash reflector receiving ring flange
62
,
84
.
FIG. 7D
illustrates the installation of wall wash reflectors
20
in a double (parallel) configuration.
A downlight reflector assembly
98
with appropriate window cutouts
18
for a double configuration is shown in FIG.
7
E. The downlight reflector has light source positioning section
14
and downlight reflector sections
16
. An inwardly directed annular rim
100
is located around the top edge of the light source positioning section
14
. As the downlight reflector assembly
98
is pushed upward into the yoke assembly
64
, the downlight reflector retaining springs
72
engage the inwardly directed annular rim
100
and light source positioning section
14
inner wall, holding the downlight reflector assembly
98
in position. The wall wash reflectors
20
and downlight reflector assemblies
98
can then be rotated with respect to the yoke assembly
64
for aiming or adjustment of the corresponding illumination produced by the recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly
10
.
FIG. 7F
illustrates the step of installing a downlight reflector assembly
98
into recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly
10
configured as a corner wall washer.
This detailed description is given primarily for clearness of understanding and no unnecessary limitations are to be understood therefrom, for modifications will become obvious to those skilled in the art upon reading this disclosure and may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention and scope of the appended claims.
Claims
- 1. A recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly installable from below a ceiling into a standard mounting frame for a recessed downlight reflector having a similarly sized light exit aperture comprising:a downlight reflector; a window cutout in a wall of the downlight reflector; a resilient wall wash reflector positioned behind said window cutout and attached to said reflector assembly; and a socket cup receiving neck positioned above said downlight reflector, the socket cup receiving neck having at least one ventilation hole, the socket cup receiving neck having at least one socket cup tab receiving slot.
- 2. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 1, the resilient wall wash reflector having sides which are sufficiently inwardly flexible that the width of the assembly may be reduced to fit through a mounting frame opening.
- 3. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 1, the socket cup receiving neck being substantially cylindrical.
- 4. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 1, the socket cup receiving neck being substantially cylindrical and having upper and lower socket cup tab receiving slots.
- 5. A recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly installable from below a ceiling into a standard mounting frame for a recessed downlight reflector having a similarly sized light exit aperture comprising:a downlight reflector; a window cutout in a wall of the downlight reflector; a resilient wall wash reflector positioned behind said window cutout and attached to said reflector assembly; and a light source positioning section between said downlight reflector and said socket cup receiving neck, said window cutout extending into the light source positioning section.
- 6. A recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly installable from below a ceiling into a standard mounting frame for a recessed downlight reflector having a similarly sized light exit aperture comprising:a downlight reflector; a window cutout in a wall of the downlight reflector; a resilient wall wash reflector positioned behind said window cutout and attached to said reflector assembly; and a bottom edge of said resilient wall wash reflector cut at an angle of approximately 6 degrees from the midpoint of the bottom of a kick reflector outward toward each side.
- 7. A recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly installable from below a ceiling into a mounting frame for a standard recessed downlight reflector having a similarly sized light exit aperture, said reflector assembly comprising:a yoke assembly comprising: a top plate; and at least one leg attached to and extending between said top plate and said mounting frame; a downlight reflector attached to said yoke assembly, said downlight reflector having a first window cutout; and a first wall wash reflector attached to said yoke assembly such that said first wall wash reflector is positioned behind said window cutout.
- 8. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 7 further comprising a socket cup receiving neck positioned above said yoke assembly.
- 9. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 8, the socket cup receiving neck being substantially cylindrical.
- 10. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 8, the socket cup receiving neck having at least one ventilation hole.
- 11. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 8, the socket cup receiving neck having at least one socket cup tab receiving slot.
- 12. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 11, the socket cup receiving neck being substantially cylindrical has upper and lower socket cup tab receiving slots.
- 13. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 8 further comprising a light source positioning section between said downlight reflector and said yoke assembly.
- 14. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 13, said window cutout extending into the light source positioning section.
- 15. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 7 further comprising a second window cutout in the wall of the downlight reflector and a second wall wash reflector attached to said yoke assembly such that it is positioned behind said second window cutout.
- 16. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 13 further comprising a second window cutout which extends into said light source positioning section and a second wall wash reflector attached to said yoke assembly such that it is positioned behind said second window cutout.
- 17. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 7, said downlight reflector being rotatably attached to said yoke assembly.
- 18. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 17 having a plurality of downlight reflector retaining springs attached to the lower side of said top plate, said downlight reflector retaining springs providing rotatable attachment of said downlight reflector to said yoke assembly.
- 19. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 13, said light source positioning section being rotatably attached to said yoke assembly.
- 20. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 19 having a plurality of downlight reflector retaining springs attached to the lower side of said top plate, said downlight reflector retaining springs providing rotatable attachment of said downlight reflector to said yoke assembly.
- 21. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 7 further comprising an annular ring rotatably connected to the lower side of said top plate, said annular ring having:a first wall wash reflector retaining spring; and a downward flange having a first retaining spring receiving slot aligned with said first wall wash reflector retaining spring; said first wall wash reflector having a kick reflector and a flange along the upper edge of the kick reflector, said kick reflector flange having a spring receiving slot; said first wall wash reflector being attached to said annular ring by said first wall wash reflector retaining spring in cooperation with said first wall wash reflector flange spring receiving slot and said annular ring flange first retaining spring receiving slot.
- 22. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 21 further comprising a second wall wash reflector also having a kick reflector and a flange along the upper edge of the kick reflector, said flange having a spring receiving slot, and said annular ring further comprising:a second wall wash reflector retaining spring; and a second retaining spring receiving slot in said downward flange, said second spring retaining spring receiving slot aligned with said second wall wash reflector retaining spring; said second wall wash reflector being attached to said annular ring by said second wall wash reflector retaining spring in cooperation with said second wall wash reflector flange spring receiving slot and said annular ring flange second retaining spring receiving slot.
- 23. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 21, said top plate further comprising:a central light source opening; trapping tabs spaced around the perimeter of the central light source opening; said trapping tabs providing rotatable attachment of said annular ring to said top plate.
- 24. The recessed downlight wall wash reflector assembly of claim 23, said top plate further comprising centering tabs spaced around the perimeter of the central light source opening.
- 25. A method of installing a recessed downlight wall washer reflector assembly from below a ceiling into a mounting frame opening for a recessed downlight reflector having a similarly sized light exit aperture comprising:attaching a socket cup assembly to a socket cup receiving neck attached to a yoke assembly; inserting the yoke assembly through the mounting frame opening; securing the yoke assembly to the mounting frame; inserting a wall wash reflector through the mounting frame opening; securing the wall wash reflector to the yoke assembly; inserting a downlight reflector having a window cutout through the mounting frame opening; and securing the downlight reflector to the yoke assembly such that said wall wash reflector is positioned behind said window cutout.
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