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US 11,149,910 B1Granted
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.
Claims19
A trompe-l'oeil skylight fixture system comprising:
- a fixture for generating a sky image, the fixture 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 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 into a void in a grid ceiling and said image panel support member contacts said image panel only on a periphery of said image panel.
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A system for generating a static light-emitting image;
- the system comprising:
- a light-emitting fixture;
- a means for providing an architectural skylight effect;
- wherein said light-emitting fixture and said means for providing an architectural skylight effect are configured to be installed into a void in a grid ceiling;
- wherein said means for providing an architectural skylight effect, contact said light-emitting fixture only on a periphery of said light-emitting fixture;
- and
- wherein said light-emitting fixture includes a static sky image.
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A trompe-l'oeil skylight fixture system comprising:
- a fixture for generating an image of a sky portion, the fixture 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 device configured to illuminate said image panel on said illuminated side;
- an image panel support member on said viewing side;
- said fixture is configured to be installed into a void in a grid ceiling;
- a frame configured to raise said fixture above said grid ceiling;
- and
- where said frame and said image panel support member are not separate structures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.