Illuminated acoustic ceiling element and illuminated acoustic ceiling system
AssigneeCertainTeed Canada, Inc.
InventorsLuigi Bartella, Timothy Briggs
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to lighting elements, for example, suitable for use illuminating a ceiling. The present disclosure relates more particularly to an illuminated acoustic ceiling element including an acoustic substrate having an upper face and a lower face, an air permeable layer disposed under the lower face of the acoustic substrate and spaced from the acoustic substrate, and a light source supported by the acoustic substrate and configured to emit light through the air permeable layer.
Claims15
An illuminated acoustic ceiling system, comprising:
- a ceiling support structure;
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- an acoustic substrate including an upper face and a lower face;
- an air permeable layer including a sheet of fabric stretched across a frame, wherein the air permeable layer is disposed under the lower face of the acoustic substrate and spaced from the acoustic substrate;
- a second air permeable layer including a sheet of fabric stretched across the frame, wherein the second air permeable layer is spaced from the air permeable layer and is disposed between the acoustic substrate and the air permeable layer;
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- a light source supported by the acoustic substrate and configured to emit light through the air permeable layer,
- wherein the air permeable layer and the second air permeable layer are formed of the same material,
- wherein the illuminated acoustic ceiling element is secured to the ceiling support structure,
- wherein the ceiling support structure includes a first ceiling grid, and wherein the air permeable layer is supported by the first ceiling grid, and
- wherein the ceiling support structure includes a second ceiling grid, and wherein the acoustic substrate is supported by the second ceiling grid.
The illuminated acoustic ceiling element according to 14, wherein the perimeter border extends no more than 1 inch from an outer edge of the air permeable layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.