Abstract: An emergency lighting fixture for mounting in a ceiling and particularly a suspended ceiling, which includes a drop down panel normally closing an opening in the ceiling and an electric lamp concealed behind the panel. If a.c. power should fail, the panel automatically drops down below the level of the ceiling along with the electric lamp and the lamp automatically turns on to illuminate a selected path of egress.

Abstract: An emergency light fixture is permanently mountable in a conventional power utlet box having, in fixed relation, a threaded bore for accommodating a screw for a face plate and slots for accommodating an electric plug. The emergency light fixture includes a housing, an electric plug extending from the rear wall of the housing, a battery, a battery charger, and a lamp mounted in the housing and wired to provide illumination during a power outage. The fixture also includes an aperture in the rear wall of the housing for accommodating a screw for permanently attaching the housing to the outlet box. The aperture is in fixed relationship with the electric plug so that the aperture is aligned with the threaded bore in the outlet box when the electric plug is aligned with the slots in the outlet box.