Linear lighting assembly with single edge-lit light scattering optical element

A linear lighting assembly comprising:

• A) a single edge-lit linear lighting module comprising:
• 1) A light scattering optical element comprising:
• a) a volume of optical material comprising one or more light scattering regions of optically clear bulk material with dispersed light scattering particles of differing refractive index in a configured concentration, further comprising:
• (i) an input face;
• (ii) an opposing face non-adjacent to the input face;
• (iii) an inner face adjacent to the input face;
• (iv) an outer face adjacent to the input face;
• (v) a cross sectional height defined by a distance between the inner face and outer face;
• wherein the magnitude of light scattering as measured through the cross sectional height using techniques consistent with the ASTM D1003 standard is characterized by clarity of less than 25%;
• 2) One or more LED light sources mounted onto a printed circuit board positioned adjacent to the light scattering optical element and inputting light into its input face wherein a height of the one or more LED light sources is less than a height of the light scattering optical element;
• 3) A first reflective surface positioned external of the light scattering optical element and proximate to its inner face wherein light exiting the inner face is reflected back into the light scattering optical element from the first reflective surface;
• 4) A second reflective surface positioned external of the light scattering optical element and proximate to its opposing face wherein light exiting the opposing face is reflected back into the light scattering optical element from the second reflective surface
• 5) A lighting module housing configured to support and hold the light scattering optical element, the one or more LED light sources, the printed circuit board, and the reflective surfaces in alignment;
• B) a light fixture housing which supports and holds in position the lighting module housing;
• wherein a light output from the light scattering optical element output face is of a non-Lambertian light distribution comprising one or more lobes wherein a peak intensity axis of each lobe is angularly oriented in an oblique, non-normal direction with respect to the output face of the lighting module and an intensity of at least one of the lobes is greater than an output intensity normal to its outer face.