Lighting assembly for a cooking appliance

A cooking appliance comprising:

• a cabinet defining a cooking cavity and an opening to allow access to the cooking cavity;
• a back wall disposed opposite the opening and extending between an upper portion connecting to a top wall of the cabinet and a lower portion connecting to a bottom wall of the cabinet, wherein the back wall includes a support surface extending at a first oblique angle away from the cooking cavity;
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• a lighting assembly coupled to the back wall adjacent one of the upper portion and the lower portion and including at least one light source coupled to the support surface and configured to direct light at an acute angle relative to the back wall into a central portion of the cooking cavity, wherein the support surface extends in a width-wise direction along the back wall, and wherein the lighting assembly has an elongated shape and extends along the support surface in the width-wise direction.

A cooking appliance, comprising:

• a cabinet defining a cooking cavity and an opening to allow access to the cooking cavity, the cabinet including a top wall and a back wall, wherein the back wall is opposite the opening and connects with the top wall at an upper portion of the back wall, the back wall having a back surface facing the cooking cavity and having a planar shape;
• an indentation defined by the back wall and extending away from the cooking cavity, the indentation having an elongate shape along a width-wise direction of the cooking cavity at the upper portion;
• a support surface formed by the indentation and recessed relative to the back surface;
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• a lighting assembly disposed in the indentation and coupled to the support surface, wherein the support surface extends at a first oblique angle relative to the back surface and the lighting assembly includes a light source coupled to the support surface and configured to project light at a second oblique angle relative to the back surface, the first oblique angle and the second oblique angle being complementary angles, wherein the support surface extends in the width-wise direction along the back wall, and wherein the lighting assembly has an elongated shape and extends along the support surface in the width-wise direction.