Patent ID: 9695991
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: F21K,F21V,F21Y,H05B,Y02B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A light assembly adapted for use as an LED-based source of light for utilitarian and/or decorative purposes, said light assembly comprises: an elongated flexible LED linear light component having a plurality of spaced-apart LEDs supported on a flexible base; a flexible translucent housing or lens having an elongated configuration for laterally enclosing said flexible LED linear light component, said housing having a curved portion and at least a portion thereof forming a section having translucent properties; and said translucent housing includes a pair of inwardly directed projections located adjacent said bottom interior of said translucent housing and above said LED linear light component, so as to form a channel therein, wherein said inwardly directed projections are spaced apart to allow light from the LED linear light component to pass between them; the thickness of said translucent section of said translucent housing is varied in radial cross-section and/or circumferentially so as to vary relative percentages of light transmissions through said translucent housing; a housing wall of said translucent section decreases in thickness as the angle formed by the plane of said LEDs and a straight line drawn from said plane of said LEDs through said translucent housing wall also decreases; and wherein the housing forms a direct and uninterrupted path between the LED linear light component and said curved portion of said translucent housing.