Valance lighting assembly for illuminating spaces proximate to commercial equipment
AssigneePromotion Plus Sign Co., Inc.
InventorAnthony Mastrangelo
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Abstract
A commercial lighting and lighting display fixture which may include an illumination source disposed in a fixture that may or may not enclose the illumination source element. The result is a display that is both ornamental and serves the function of providing a continuous illumination surrounding the equipment to which it is affixed, through a continuous lighting element disposed between a base and an outer shroud of a valance assembly. The commercial lighting and lighting display fixture may additionally include one or more riser illumination elements mounted to one or more riser panels of the equipment.
Claims20
A valance lighting assembly for illuminating an area proximate to commercial equipment, the valance lighting assembly comprising:
- a dispenser structure configured as a support substrate for receiving the valance lighting assembly;
- a base including one or more base panels defining a two-dimensionally-enclosed frame structure, the base configured to be removably coupled to the dispenser structure;
- a continuous illumination element coupled to and extending along a width of an exterior face of at least some of the one or more base panels in a predetermined contour;
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- an outer shroud including one or more valance panels arranged to partially cover the base by extending longitudinally parallel to the at least some of the one or more base panels at a predetermined offset depth from the exterior face, thereby creating a cavity between the exterior face and the one or more valance panels, wherein a line defining a first end of the one or more valance panels follows a shape of the predetermined contour, and wherein the continuous illumination element is recessed within the cavity and utilizes the exterior face of the at least some of the one or more base panels to reflect light to the area proximate to the commercial equipment.
A lighting assembly for illuminating an area proximate to commercial equipment, the lighting assembly comprising:
- a dispenser structure configured as a support substrate;
- a valance lighting assembly comprising:
- a base including one or more base panels defining a two-dimensionally-enclosed frame structure and configured to be removably coupled to the dispenser structure;
- a continuous illumination element coupled to and extending along a width of an exterior face of at least some of the one or more base panels in a predetermined contour;
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- an outer shroud including one or more valance panels arranged to partially cover the base by extending longitudinally parallel to the at least some of the one or more base panels at a predetermined depth from the exterior face, thereby creating a cavity between the exterior face and the one or more valance panels, wherein a line defining a first end of the one or more valance panels follows a shape of the predetermined contour, and wherein the continuous illumination element is disposed within the cavity and utilizes the exterior face of the at least some of the one or more base panels to reflect light to the area proximate to the commercial equipment;
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- a riser assembly comprising:
- one or more riser stripes affixed to an external side of one or more vertically-extending riser panels of the commercial equipment;
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- one or more riser illumination elements partially disposed within a channel formed vertically along a height of the one or more riser stripes, wherein a light-emitting portion of the one or more riser illumination elements partially protrudes above a face of the one or more riser stripes to omnidirectionally direct light to the area proximate the commercial equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.