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US 11,512,823 B2Granted
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.
Claims20
A trompe-l'oeil skylight fixture system comprising:
- a fixture for generating a sky illusion on a panel, the fixture comprising:
- a fixture periphery forming a peripheral portion of said fixture;
- said panel, having a viewing side and an illumination side;
- a light source to illuminate said panel on said illumination side;
- and
- a panel support member on said viewing side;
- wherein said fixture is configured to be installed into a ceiling and said panel support member contacts said panel on a periphery of said panel.
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A virtual skylight comprising:
- a fixture for creating an illusion of a sky;
- and
- a frame disposed adjacent to said fixture and further configured to displace vertically said fixture from a T-bar grid member;
- said frame defining a central region therein.
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A system for generating an illusion of a sky portion;
- the system comprising:
- a light-emitting fixture;
- an architectural skylight effect creating spacer;
- wherein said light-emitting fixture and said architectural skylight effect creating spacer are configured to be installed vertically on a T-bar grid member;
- wherein said architectural skylight effect creating spacer contacts said light-emitting fixture on a periphery of said light-emitting fixture;
- and
- wherein said light-emitting fixture emulates a sky.
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A virtual skylight comprising:
- a fixture for creating an illusion of a sky;
- a frame disposed adjacent to said fixture and further configured to displace said fixture from a T-bar grid member;
- said frame defining a central region therein;
- and
- said frame is a regressed frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.