Apparatus and method for pathway or similar lighting

A method of illuminating a pathway having a length and a width with a substantially opaque bollard-style lighting fixture having a housing positioned along and extending to a top vertically above the plane of the pathway comprising:

• a. mounting a lighting module in an opening in and towards the top of the housing of the bollard-style lighting fixture, the lighting module designed to produce a composite output pattern from a plurality of pre-aimed light sources and an associated lens proximate to and encapsulating the light sources;
• b. positioning the lighting module relative the opening in the housing of the lighting fixture such that:
• i. the composite light output pattern issues from the opening in the fixture and spans a predetermined portion of the length of the pathway, and wherein the composite output pattern is elongated with a short axis extending directly out from the housing and a long axis extending to either side of the housing;
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• ii. the lighting module is not directly viewable from normal pedestrian viewing angles;
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• c. providing a cutoff so to restrict the composite light output pattern to substantially the width of the pathway while not substantially illuminating the area beyond the pathway;
• wherein the providing a cutoff comprises one or more of:
• i. interposing an upper margin of the opening in the fixture into a top part of the composite light output pattern;
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• ii. inserting a reflective visor into the top part of the composite light output pattern.

A lighting apparatus comprising:

• a. a vertically elevating structure;
• b. a housing on the elevating structure;
• c. a lighting module mounted at a height in the housing relative to the vertically elevating structure;
• d. the lighting module comprising:
• i. a base including a boss to which is mounted a generally vertical but non-planar light source mounting surface having a width and a height;
• ii. plural light sources arranged generally horizontally along the width of the non-planar light source mounting surface;
• iii. a lens proximate and encapsulating the light sources and adapted to control the composite output pattern of the light sources to predominately outward and downward from the module relative the height of the lighting module on the vertically elevating structure;
• e. so that the module produces a controlled output pattern which is elongated with a short axis extending directly out from the housing and a long axis extending to either side of the housing primarily outward and downward below horizontal relative to the lighting module, and directed so as to at least substantially illuminate the width of the pathway while not substantially illuminating the area beyond the pathway.