Elongated L.E.D. lighting systems, manufacturing and methods to configure the same
OwnerValerica Grigoreinventor
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Abstract
Elongated lighting fixtures intended to be incorporated into thin architectural surfaces, interconnected and configurable as a continuous run with potential to follow the direction of adjacent planar surface in three dimensional spaces while maintaining the structural integrity of the supporting framework.
Claims22
An elongated lighting fixture, intended to be installed on a structure without altering the structural members of its framework, comprising:
- an enclosure, mounted on at least one structural member, wherein said enclosure is sufficiently recessed behind its mounting surface and containing an electrical device used as a power source and control;
- a channel segment, adjoined said enclosure and mounted on at least one structural member bearing an opening to access said adjoining enclosure;
- a junction box, adjoined to said channel segment, and located inside said enclosure;
- a channel housing, abutted to and aligned with said channel segment and mounted on at least one structural member;
- a wire way chase, mounted on at least one structural member, side by side and in the same direction with said channel;
- a covering and anchoring surface for said wire way chase;
- a light source, containing electroluminescent diodes, mounted in said channel, and connected to said electrical device;
- and,
- a removable cover, mounted on said channel;
- wherein said channel segment would have at least one opening for maintenance access to said power source, after said fixture installation.
A method of mounting at least one lighting fixture on a structure, without altering the structural members of its framework supporting at least one planar surface, comprising:
- a) forming a gap in at least one planar surface;
- b) installing at least one electrical enclosure bearing an electrical device attached to a power source, disposed between said structural members, along said gap;
- c) mounting at least one channel on said structural members, in the said gap, recessed within the said planar surfaces;
- d) attaching at least one covering and anchoring surface to said channel;
- e) installing a light source into said channel;
- f) connecting said light source to the electrical device;
- and
- g) coupling at least one removable cover to said channel.
An elongated light fixture housing comprising:
- a channel housing with an outer surface and an inner surface, having at least one indentation or at least a grooved surface on its inner profile integrally formed on its inner surface, in at least one of its side walls having one or more complementary located flexible locking features;
- a removable cover having one or more complementary located flexible locking features with an outer surface and an inner surface, having at least one complementary indentation or ribbed surface integrally formed on its outer surface, wherein indentation or grooved surface of said channel is for receiving and retaining said complementary indentation or ribbed surface of said removable cover;
- wherein said complementary located flexible locking features engage functioning as a snap-fit cover attachment system for the elongated light fixture.
A method of mounting at least one lighting fixture on a structure, without altering the structural members of its framework supporting at least one planar surface, comprising:
- a) forming a gap in at least one planar surface;
- b) installing at least one electrical enclosure bearing an electrical device attached to a power source, disposed between said structural members, along said gap;
- c) mounting at least one channel on said structural members, in the said gap, recessed within the said planar surfaces;
- d) installing a light source into said channel;
- e) connecting said light source to the electrical device;
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- f) coupling at least one removable cover to said channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.