Extruded housing with hinged lens for LEDs

A light fixture comprising:

• a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) spaced along a substrate to form an elongated LED ribbon;
• an LED driver assembly;
• an elongated, extruded polymeric housing enveloping the elongated LED ribbon, the housing comprising:
• an opaque body portion, the body portion including an elongated, extruded trough so configured to define a channel with a bottom wall and two side walls forming an open side, for removably accepting the LED ribbon;
• a light transmitting lens portion, the lens portion being integrally co-extruded with and selectively covering the open side of the channel;
• a living hinge portion joining one side wall of the body portion to one side edge of the lens portion to form a unitary body;
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• the body portion, lens portion, and living hinge portion all co-extruded from the same base polymer, resulting in the housing having a consistent cross-section at all points along the length thereof with respect to shape and material;
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• a pair of end caps disposed at respective ends of the extruded housing.

An elongated housing for light emitting diodes, comprising:

• an opaque extruded body portion, the body portion defining an elongated channel for removably accepting a ribbon of light emitting diodes, wherein the body portion includes a bottom wall and a pair of side walls extending from the bottom wall and forming an open side;
• at least one side wall includes at least one protrusion extending from the respective side wall, adjacent to the open side of the channel;
• a translucent lens portion, the lens portion being integrally co-extruded with and selectively covering the open side of the channel, wherein the lens portion includes an inner surface and at least one locking arm extending from the inner surface of the lens portion, the locking arm engaging the protrusion on the side wall to hold the lens portion relative to the body portion;
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• a living hinge portion joining the other side wall of the body portion to the lens portion, opposite the one side wall, to form a unitary body, wherein the body portion, lens portion and living hinge portion are all co-extruded from high density polyethylene, resulting in the housing having a consistent cross-section at all points along the length thereof with respect to shape and material.