Lighted door jamb for an access door

An illumination system for an access door operatively coupled to a jamb assembly including spaced apart, upstanding jambs coupled along top ends thereof to a header with a jamb casing coupled to each of the jambs and a header casing coupled to the header, the illumination system comprising:

• an elongated illumination housing configured to extend at last partially along one side of the access door, the elongated illumination housing configured to be coupled to at least one of the upstanding jamb and the corresponding jamb casing extending along the one side of the access door,
• an elongated light transmissive cover coupled to the elongated illumination housing,
• an elongated light pipe received within the elongated illumination housing,
• an illumination source housing configured to be operatively coupled to one end of the elongated light pipe,
• an illumination source disposed within the illumination source housing and configured to produce and transmit visible light into the elongated light pipe so as to be visible through the elongated light transmissive cover,
• a source of electrical power, and
• a control unit electrically coupled to the source of electrical power and to the illumination source, the control unit configured to selectively apply electrical power from the source of electrical power to the illumination source to produce the visible light.