Light fixture
AssigneeDonn Allison
InventorDonn Allison
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Abstract
Disclosed is a light fixture having mirrored surfaces angularly related one to the other and about a light source. The mirrors are either all two-way mirrors or a combination of two-way and one-way mirrors. The arrangement of the mirrors about the light source presents a three-dimensional multiple light source effect, particularly a series of discrete light sources which diminish in intensity and size with depth. Variations of the light fixtures hereof include multisided fixtures, for example fixtures triangular, hexagonal, octagonal, etc. in shape, all particularly arranged to present the foregoing optical effect.
Claims11
A light fixture comprising a housing, a light source carried by and disposed substantially centrally within said housing, said housing including a plurality of reflective surfaces disposed about said light source and comprising a first planar two-way mirror, second and third planar mirrors each including one of said plurality of reflective surfaces, said first two-way mirror being carried by said housing along one side of said light source and said second mirror being carried by said housing along another side of said light source and disposed in a plane at an angle other than 90.degree. with respect to the plane containing said first mirror, said third mirror being carried by said housing along another side of said light source and disposed in a plane at an angle other than 90.degree. with respect to said first planar two-way mirror said mirrors being arranged about said light source such that at least a portion of the light rays generated by said light source are reflected by the reflective surfaces of said second and third mirrors for passage through said first mirror and another portion of the light rays are reflected by the reflective surface of said first mirror interiorly of said housing for further reflection by said reflective surfaces and passage through said first mirror whereby a three-dimensional multiple light source effect comprised of a series of discrete light sources which diminish in intensity and size with depth and repetitiously fade to infinity within said housing is provided when the light source is viewed through said first mirror.
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