US Patent 9279569 Lighting device

A lighting device for mounting on a mounting surface may include: a planar solid state lighting module having a light emitting region and peripheral holes for fixing members to the mounting surface to extend therethrough, a peripheral gasket extending along the periphery of the lighting module; the gasket having, at the holes of the lighting module, ear-like extensions having a perforation therein, said ear-like extensions extending inwardly of the gasket to align the perforations therein with the holes in the lighting module, a housing which frames the lighting device with the gasket applied onto the lighting module. The housing has apertures aligned with the holes in the lighting module and the perforations in the ear-like extensions of the gasket, as well as a window to expose the light emitting region of the lighting module, with a light permeable screen which sealingly closes said window.