Light fixtures and lighting devices

A light fixture comprising:

• a lighting device;
• a baffle system, said baffle system comprising a plurality of baffle elements,
• at least one side reflector;
• and
• at least one lens, each of said at least one lens between respective baffle elements,
• first and second major dimensions of said light fixture extending in a first plane,
• at least one surface of said side reflector abutting at least one surface of said baffle system,
• wherein if a viewer moves from a first position to a second position,
• said first and second positions both in a viewer plane which is parallel to said first plane and which is spaced from said first plane by three feet, said viewer plane on a side of said first plane where, if said lighting device is illuminated, light travels from said lighting device toward said viewer plane, said second position on a line which extends through a center of said light fixture perpendicular to said first plane, said first position at least 30 feet from said second position,
• said viewer will see within an area bounded by said at least one side reflector:
• initially only at least one of said at least one side reflector,
• then a portion of the baffle system which is closest to said viewer plane,
• then more of said baffle system,
• and then one or more of said lenses,
• and if said lighting device is illuminated in an absence of other light:
• said side reflector will be illuminated with an average luminance which is less than an average luminance of said baffle elements, and
• a luminance gradient in the side reflector will be greatest in regions of the side reflector that are adjacent to said baffle elements and least at regions of the side reflector that are adjacent to an outer periphery of the side reflector.

A light fixture comprising a baffle system and a side reflector, said baffle system comprising at least an outer baffle structure, an inner baffle structure and at least a first intermediate baffle structure,

• said side reflector comprising a first end portion and a second end portion, said second end portion spaced from said first end portion relative to an axis of said outer baffle structure,
• said outer baffle structure annular, an extremity of said outer baffle structure in a first plane,
• said first intermediate baffle structure annular, an extremity of said first intermediate baffle structure in a second plane, said second plane substantially parallel with said first plane,
• said inner baffle structure annular, an extremity of said inner baffle structure in a third plane, said third plane substantially parallel with said second plane, said second plane between said first plane and said third plane, said third plane spaced from said first plane in a first direction along said axis of said outer baffle structure,
• said outer baffle structure, said first intermediate baffle structure and said inner baffle structure each sharing at least two planes of symmetry,
• planes extending through portions of said outer baffle structure and perpendicular to said first plane surrounding said first intermediate baffle structure,
• planes extending through portions of said first intermediate baffle structure and perpendicular to said first plane surrounding said inner baffle structure,
• said first end portion of said side reflector abutting at least one outer surface of said outer baffle structure, said at least one outer surface of said outer baffle structure facing outward from said light fixture in a direction substantially perpendicular to said axis of said outer baffle structure,
• said side reflector extending through said first plane, through said second plane, and through said third plane to said second end portion of said side reflector,
• at least a portion of said second end portion below said first end portion if said light fixture is oriented so that said first direction is vertically downward,
• said first end portion entirely within a space defined by lines that (1) extend through said second end portion and (2) are parallel to said axis of said outer baffle structure.

A light fixture comprising:

• at least a first element and a second element,
• at least a first connecting element, and
• at least a first lens,
• said first element substantially annular,
• said second element substantially annular,
• said first element and said second element concentric;,
• an extremity of said first element in a first plane, said first plane perpendicular to an axis of said first element,
• an extremity of said second element in a second plane, said second plane perpendicular to said axis of said first element, said second plane spaced from said first plane,
• said first connecting element extending between said first element and said second element, and
• said first lens extending from said first element to said second element, said first lens spaced from said first plane.

A light fixture comprising:

• a lighting device;
• a baffle system, said baffle system comprising a plurality of baffle elements,
• at least one side reflector;
• and
• at least one lens, each of said at least one lens between respective baffle elements,
• first and second major dimensions of said light fixture extending in a first plane,
• at least one surface of said side reflector abutting at least one surface of said baffle system,
• wherein if a viewer moves from a first position to a second position,
• said first and second positions both in a viewer plane which is parallel to said first plane and which is spaced from said first plane by three feet, said viewer plane on a side of said first plane where, if said lighting device is illuminated, light travels from said lighting device toward said viewer plane, said second position on a line which extends through a center of said light fixture perpendicular to said first plane, said first position at least 30 feet from said second position,
• said viewer will see within an area bounded by said at least one side reflector:
• initially only at least one of said at least one side reflector,
• then a portion of the baffle system which is closest to said viewer plane,
• then more of said baffle system,
• and then one or more of said lenses,
• and if said lighting device is illuminated in an absence of other light:
• said side reflector will be illuminated by said baffle system with an average luminance which is less than an average luminance of said baffle elements, and
• a luminance gradient will be greatest next to said baffle elements and least at regions adjacent to and outside said at least one side reflector.

A light fixture comprising:

• at least a first element and a second element,
• at least a first connecting element, and
• at least a first lens,
• said first element substantially annular,
• said second element substantially annular,
• said first element and said second element concentric;,
• an extremity of said first element in a first plane, said first plane perpendicular to an axis of said first element,
• an extremity of said second element in a second plane, said second plane perpendicular to said axis of said first element, said second plane spaced from said first plane,
• said first connecting element extending between said first element and said second element, and
• said first lens in a direct path from said first element to said second element, said first lens spaced from said first plane.