US Patent Issued to SIGNIFY HOLDING on Sept. 22 for "Airtight light fixture trim retention" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,542, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Airtight light fixture trim retention" was invented by Oliver Ernst (Peachtree City, Ga.) and Voya Vidakovic (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recessed light fixture includes a trim housing having a trim housing wall and a trim housing cavity bound by the trim housing wall. The recessed light fixture further includes a trim having a trim wall and a trim cavity bound by the trim wall, where the trim is at least partially positioned in the trim housing cavity. The recessed light fixture also includes a trim retention elastic band pos...