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US 7,607,796 B2Granted
Housing comprising an invisible stiffener
AssigneeNormalu
InventorYves Meyer
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Abstract
A light housing which, together with other same-type housings, is intended to form a lighting wall, such as a ceiling. The housing includes a frame having at least one transparent or translucent panel (9) fixed to the base thereof and can receive lighting elements (3) which are disposed above the frame. The light housing is characterized in that it includes stiffening members (10, 10′) which provide a link between certain sides (1a) of the frame, the stiffening members (10) being disposed close to the above-mentioned lighting elements (3).
Claims19
A light box, comprising:
- a frame with a base,
- at least one transparent or translucent sheet (9) fixed at the base of the frame,
- stiffening means (10, 10′) connecting between opposite sides of the frame, and
- lighting means, wherein,
- the frame and the stiffening means are located below the lighting means (3), with the stiffening means (10) located close to the lighting means (3),
- the stiffening means extends between the opposite sides of the frame at a position located vertically between the transparent or translucent sheet and the lighting means,
- the stiffening means extends across a lighting path of the lighting means at the position located vertically between the transparent or translucent sheet and the lighting means, and
- a central part (10b) of the stiffening means is located within the lighting path of the lighting means at a first vertical distance above the transparent or translucent sheet and at a second vertical distance below the lighting means such that, with the lighting means lighting the transparent or translucent sheet, the lighting means does not project a shadow of the stiffening means onto an inner face of the sheet element.
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A light box, comprising:
- a frame with a base,
- at least one transparent or translucent sheet (9) fixed at the base of the frame,
- stiffening means (10, 10′) connected between sides of the frame, and
- lighting means
- the frame and the stiffening means located below the lighting means (3), with the stiffening means (10) located close to the lighting means (3),
- wherein the frame comprises, on each of opposite sides (1a) of the frame a slide (13) designed to receive, by a sliding action, a sliding element (15) that is articulated to rotate on a part (19) attached to a support structure, so as to allow the frame to both slide and rotate in relation to a ceiling.
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A light box, comprising:
- an enclosure element (23);
- a frame with a base mounted in the enclosure element;
- a transparent or translucent sheet (9) fixed at the base of the frame;,
- a stiffening element (10, 10′) connected between sides of the frame;
- and
- lighting elements within the enclosure element and positioned above the frame and the stiffening element such that the sheet (9) is free of any shadow of the stiffening element projected by the lighting means,
- wherein the stiffening element is located approximately in the same plane as the lighting elements (3) and between two adjacent lighting elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.