An edge connectable lighting fixture assembly has a lighting fixture housing
for
housing a light source and components for supporting and electrifying the light
source including wiring. The housing has at least one laterally extending edge
portion and a connecting structure extending along at least a portion of the length
of the edge portion with a wire passageway passing through the connecting structure.
An edge connector arm has at least one terminal end and a connecting structure
formed on the terminal end of the arm which mechanically connects with the connecting
structure formed along the edge portion of the housing so that the housing can
be mechanically connected at its edge to the terminal end of the edge connector
arm. A wireway in the edge connector arm extends to and exits from the terminal
end of the edge connector arm such that the wireway can be aligned with the wire
passageway in the connecting structure in the housing edge portion by aligning
the terminal end of the edge connector arm to the wire passageway. Electrical wires
can be passed from the edge connector arm through the edge portion of the housing.