Edge lighted panel
AssigneeRev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
InventorChristopher Michael Tress
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Abstract
A panel lighting system includes a translucent panel formed to include a channel in a boundary wall of the translucent panel. A flexible circuit board may be mounted on the boundary wall such that LEDs mounted sequentially on the flexible circuit board extend into the channel. The LEDs may be fixedly maintained in the channel by the flexible circuit board being adhesively coupled with the boundary wall adjacent the channel. The system may also include an edge connector coupled to the boundary wall. The edge connector may be a corner edge connector or a side edge connector configured to fixedly hold a coupler that couples and provides strain relief for a cable.
Claims20
A panel lighting system comprising:
- a planar translucent panel formed to include a channel extending along a periphery of the planar translucent panel between a top edge and a bottom edge of the planar translucent panel;
- a flexible circuit board comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) sequentially mounted on a front planar surface of the circuit board;
- an edge connector configured to engage with the planar translucent panel, the edge connector comprising a plate member and a keeper, the keeper configured with a slot;
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- a coupler fixedly held in the slot to align with a portion of the channel, the coupler configured to fixedly hold a cable electrically connected with the circuit board.
A panel lighting system comprising:
- a flexible circuit board comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs);
- a translucent panel comprising a boundary wall surrounding a top planar surface and a bottom planar surface of the translucent panel, at least part of the boundary wall including a channel formed between a top peripheral edge of the top planar surface and a bottom peripheral edge of the bottom planar surface,
- wherein the LEDs extend into the channel and the flexible circuit board is positioned between the top peripheral edge and the bottom peripheral edge along the boundary wall;
- a bracket detachably engaged with at least one of the top planar surface and the bottom planar surface of the translucent panel;
- a coupler engaged with the bracket to couple the coupler with the translucent panel at the boundary wall;
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- a cable engaged with the coupler and electrically connected with the flexible circuit board.
A panel lighting system comprising:
- a translucent panel comprising a first planar surface opposing a second planar surface and a peripheral edge surrounding the first planar surface and the second planar surface, the peripheral edge formed to include a channel extending between the first planar surface and the second planar surface and into the translucent panel;
- a circuit board comprising a series of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on the circuit board and extending into the channel;
- a bracket coupled with the translucent panel at the peripheral edge of the translucent panel;
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- a coupler coupled with the bracket and aligned with the channel;
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- a wire electrically coupled with the circuit board and extending through the coupler and away from the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.