Patent ID: 9255690
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: F21V

Claim Text:
1. A ventilated reflector for an indoor luminaire, comprising: a rectangular exterior shell formed of a first sheet material having downward-inclined first and second sides and first and second ends and a rectangular top opening covered with a top cover assembly hinged at one end thereof to one of said first and second ends; an upper reflector formed of a second sheet material having first and second upward-inclined sides joined at a first included angle and attached to the underside of said top cover assembly, said first angle disposed parallel to and below a first longitudinal centerline of said top cover; a lamp bracket supported beneath said top cover near said hinged end, said bracket supporting a lamp socket oriented along a second centerline parallel with and below said first longitudinal centerline of said top cover; first and second side reflector panels formed of said second sheet material and attached to an underside of each said side of said exterior shell and spaced a predetermined uniform spacing therefrom; first and second duct openings centrally disposed in each of said first and second sides of said exterior shell; a low-iron glass lens secured to the perimeter of said exterior shell with an air-tight seal along corresponding outer edges thereof provided by a vinyl foam tape gasket disposed between said corresponding outer edges of said exterior shell and said glass lens; and a flexible, channel-shaped, metal reinforced PVC edge trim strip disposed over corresponding outer edges of said exterior shell, said glass lens, and said gasket disposed therebetween.