Illumination – With static structure – Wall or ceiling
Patent
1996-01-19
1998-07-21
Sember, Thomas M.
Illumination
With static structure
Wall or ceiling
362364, 52144, 5250606, F21S 102
Patent
active
057825513
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an improved lighting fixture 10. The lighting fixture 10 is an acoustical lighting fixture which may be suspended below a deck 14. The lighting fixture 10 can be suspended below the deck by placing the fixture on a T-bar grid 16 of a drop ceiling 12. The acoustical lighting fixture 10 includes an acoustical shell 30 having an electrical light source 32, such as a fluorescent tube, removably mounted on the acoustical shell 30. The acoustical shell 30 may be constructed from a fiberglass material or a perforated metal material. The acoustical lighting fixture 10 also includes an acoustical, sound absorbing blanket 26 that absorbs sounds that strike the acoustical lighting fixture 10.
The acoustical lighting fixture 10 may also include a louver 28 which encloses the electrical light source 32 within the acoustical shell 30. Additionally, the lighting fixture 10 may include a electrical plug 55 that can be inserted into an outlet 57 that is electrically connected to an electrical power supply 22.
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