Patent ID: 9612007
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B28B,F21V,G02B,G09G,Y10T

Claim:
1. A light system for building structures comprising: (a) an array of tapered rods made in a hard transparent or translucent polymer material, said tapered rods each having a light receiving base end and a light emitting front end, said tapered rods held together by a backbone that connects the base ends of the tapered rods to achieve an array of tapered rods, wherein the tapered rods are adapted to receive a light input at the base ends and to transmit the light output to the front ends of the tapered rods; and (b) a building material; wherein the array of tapered rods is embedded in the building material with the proviso that the base ends and the front ends of the tapered rods are not covered with building material, wherein the base ends of the tapered rods merge onto the backbone as a common fundament shared by the tapered rods, wherein the array of tapered rods is injection molded as one piece with the common backbone, and wherein the common fundament shared by the tapered rods has a flat surface forming the light receiving base ends of the tapered rods.