Field-curvable carriage for flexible light cove
AssigneeLight Engine Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Lomenzo, Travis Sawyer
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Abstract
A field-curvable carriage that can contour with complex shapes and curves intended to integrate LED lighting modules for cove lighting. The engineered prefabricated linear carriage which serves as a substructure for the attachment of classic building finishes has an assortment of mechanically predesignated flex points, a flexible fascia, a flexible connection bracket, and captive pins including fixed and adjustable mounting provisions for integration of a variety of electrical and mechanical components.
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A field-curvable carriage for a flexible light cove adapted to be mounted to a surface of a building and comprising:
- a flexible fascia;
- a flexible main carriage body with provisions for integration of light fixtures or electrical components;
- a flexible connection bracket connecting the fascia to the main carriage body;
- captive pins that travel along a defined path and connect the flexible connection bracket to the main carriage body;
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- mounting cleats adapted to connect the main carriage body to the building surface.
A field-curvable carriage for a flexible light cove adapted to be mounted to a surface of a building and comprising:
- a continuous, flexible fascia creating a smooth, even profile along curves or straight installations and having captive guides;
- a flexible main carriage body with provisions for integration of light fixtures or electrical components, having a pattern of screw guides adapted to lock traditional building materials to the main carriage body, having an integrated receptacle adapted to integrate light fixtures or similar electrical devices, having transverse slots that create a segmented channel, and having an electrical ingress;
- a flexible connection bracket connecting the fascia to the main carriage body, being located within the captive guides on the fascia, and having predefined stress points allowing for single or double axis flexibility;
- captive pins that travel along a defined path and connect the flexible connection bracket to the main carriage body, allow for movement along any axis in a predefined path of slots within the main carriage body, slide within predefined slots within the main carriage body to create a path for curvature, and have a limited float to prevent hyper-flexing of materials that may cause fatigue;
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- mounting cleats adapted to connect the main carriage body to the building surface, the shape of the mounting cleats creating a wireway that allows electrical wire or similar conduit to be run discreetly outside of the main carriage body.
A field-curvable carriage for a flexible light cove adapted to be mounted to a surface of a building and comprising:
- a continuous, flexible fascia creating a smooth, even profile along curves or straight installations and having captive guides;
- a flexible main carriage body with provisions for integration of light fixtures or electrical components, having a pattern of screw guides adapted to lock traditional building materials to the main carriage body, having an integrated receptacle adapted to integrate light fixtures or similar electrical devices, having transverse slots that create a segmented channel and define pre-stress points that form a living hinge providing flexibility to the main carriage body, having an electrical ingress, and having captive pin slots;
- a flexible connection bracket connecting the fascia to the main carriage body, being located within the captive guides on the fascia, having predefined stress points allowing for single or double axis flexibility, translating the smooth profile of the fascia to the shape of the main carriage body, and integrating with the main carriage body through the captive pin slots;
- captive pins that travel along a defined path and connect the flexible connection bracket to the main carriage body, allow for movement along any axis in a predefined path of slots within the main carriage body, slide within predefined slots within the main carriage body to create a path for curvature, and have a limited float to prevent hyper-flexing of materials that may cause fatigue;
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- mounting cleats adapted to connect the main carriage body to the building surface, the shape of the mounting cleats creating a wireway that allows electrical wire or similar conduit to be run discreetly outside of the main carriage body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.