Curvilinear Drop Ceiling LED Lighting Panel
AssigneeEnlighten Luminaires LLC
InventorAndrew Peck
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosed technology are directed to a light fixture and a method of assembly thereof. The light fixture is generally formed of two opposing side rails joined to two opposing caps. The fixture has two panels: an upper panel and a lower panel. The upper panel is formed of a generally flat, deflectable elongated section having a plurality of lights disposed on or in a surface thereof. The upper panel is deflected to form a substantially curvilinear panel, the edges of which are engaged into a slot on the side rails and/or the end caps. The lower panel is also generally flat and formed of a transparent or translucent material. The lower panel is disposed below the upper panel, such that the light projected from the lights on the upper panel projects through the lower panel.
Claims16
A light fixture comprising:
- a substantially flat planar panel deformed into a curvilinear upper panel by way of two opposing side rails held in place by two opposing end caps;
- said curvilinear upper panel with two long edges and two short edges;
- a substantially flat planar and translucent lower panel having two long edges and two short edges;
- said two opposing end caps, each end of said end cap having two flanges which are disposed at an end thereof the respective said end cap in a manner such that said flanges extend orthogonally an elongated length of said respective end cap in a single plane;
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- said two opposing side rails, having a first elongated length with three distinct slots extending therefrom.
A light fixture comprising:
- a curvilinear upper panel, wherein said upper panel, in a resting state, is flat, rectangular and deflectable, having two long edges and two short edges;
- a substantially flat, rectangular and translucent lower panel having two long edges and two short edges;
- two opposing end caps;
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- two opposing side rails which frictionally engage said upper panel and hold said upper panel in a curvilinear state and said lower panel in said substantially flat state, said two opposing side rails further held in place by said two opposing end caps.
A method of assembling a light fixture, in any order, comprising:
- arranging two opposing side rails parallel to one another;
- inserting a flat longitudinal panel between said two opposing side rails;
- inserting a second flat longitudinal panel between said two opposing side rails, wherein said second longitudinal panel has a substantially equal length of said first longitudinal panel and a longer width than said first longitudinal panel;
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- connecting an end cap to each of said opposing side rails, such that said first flat longitudinal panel remains flat between said side rails, and said second flat longitudinal panel becomes curved with a concave side thereof facing towards said first longitudinal panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.