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US 10,125,932 B2Granted
Method and system for creating an illusion of a skylight
AssigneeThe Sky Factory, LC
InventorsRadim Schreiber, Skye Witherspoon
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Abstract
A system and method for creating a trompe-l'oeil skylight in a ceiling where a light emitting image of the sky is provided in a structure configured to emulate a skylight frame, including an embodiment of a unified non-rectangular sky image area in a substantially rectangular fixture which mount as a single unit into a substantially rectangular hole in a ceiling.
Claims18
A trompe-l'oeil skylight fixture system comprising:
- a fixture for generating a luminous image of the sky comprising:
- a fixture housing forming a periphery of a portion of said fixture;
- an image panel, having a viewing side and an illuminated side;
- a luminous device configured to illuminate said image panel on said illuminated side;
- an image panel support member on said viewing side;
- wherein said fixture is configured to be installed, as a unit, into a void in a grid ceiling;
- and
- a frame configured to raise said fixture above said grid ceiling.
5 more elements
A trompe-l'oeil skylight fixture system comprising:
- a fixture for generating a luminous image of the sky comprising:
- a fixture housing forming a periphery of a portion of said fixture;
- an image panel, having a viewing side and an illuminated side;
- a luminous device configured to illuminate said image panel on said illuminated side;
- and
- an image panel support member on said viewing side;
- wherein said fixture is configured to be installed, as a unit, into a void in a grid ceiling;
- wherein said image panel comprises an image of a sky scene;
- and
- a trim member disposed on said viewing side of said image panel.
7 more elements
A skylight fixture system comprising:
- a fixture for generating a light-emitting image of the sky;
- and
- a frame disposed adjacent to said fixture and further configured to raise said fixture above a grid ceiling;
- said frame configured with an image void therein.
1 more element
A fixture system for generating a light-emitting image of the sky;
- the system comprising:
- a fixture with an extruded frame;
- a frame which is coupled to said fixture and further configured with an image void therein;
- a trim member which is coupled to one of said fixture and said frame and further configured to define a limit of a skylight image and to cover a portion of the periphery of said skylight image void;
- wherein said fixture, frame and trim member are configured to be installed, as a unit, into a void in a grid ceiling;
- and
- wherein said fixture is a static image of the sky;
- provided by lighting an image of the sky on a panel.
5 more elements
A skylight fixture system comprising:
- a fixture for generating a light-emitting image;
- and
- a rectangular aluminum frame disposed adjacent to said fixture and further configured to raise said fixture above a T-bar grid ceiling;
- said frame configured with an image void therein.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.