Interior lighting fixture

Details Interior lighting fixture Interior lighting fixture

1999-05-05

2000-12-19

O'Shea, Sandra

Illumination

Elongated source light unit or support

With or including transparent or translucent member

362 31, 362290, 362307, 362346, F21S 400

Patent

active

061619396

ABSTRACT:
A low-contrast interior lighting fixture for illuminating a room is disclosed. The interior lighting fixture includes an elongated housing, an elongated horizontally-extending light source supported by said housing, and a first and a second horizontally-extending light guiding reflector assemblies. Each of the reflector assemblies has a top reflective surface, a bottom light-emitting surface, and an edge surface disposed between the top reflective surface and the bottom light-emitting surface. Each edge surface is disposed along opposite longitudinal sides of the elongated light source. A plurality of space-apart louvers extends below the light source and between the first and second reflector assemblies. The reflector assemblies are sized and disposed below the housing so that when the interior lighting fixture is viewed from below, the housing is substantially obscured by the bottom light-emitting surfaces. Desirably, the bottom of interior lighting fixture is illuminated so at to appear to be glowing and desirably matched to the environment such as the ceiling or wall of the room so that the observed amount and degree of visual contrast between the lighting fixture and the environment is minimized. In addition, by generally uniformly illuminating the bottom of the interior lighting fixture, the housing is obscured from view which reduces the amount and degree of visual contrast of the observed interior lighting fixture itself.

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Catalog sheet entitled "TypAUREA" distributed at Hanover Fair in Hanover, Germany Apr.20-25, 1998, 2 pages.
Catalog sheet entitled "TypAureus" distributed at Hanover Fair in Hanover, Germany, Apr. 20-25, 1998, 2 pages.

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