Patent ID: 8408728
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: F21V,F21W

Abstract:
1. A lighted fitting for through hole mounting to a panel in a bathing installation, comprising: a flange structure fabricated of a translucent material, the flange structure including a body portion adapted to extend through a mount opening in the panel, and a transverse flange portion having an outer size larger than the mount opening, so that a periphery flange portion overlaps the panel surrounding the opening when the flange structure is installed in the panel opening; a light source attachment portion configured to direct light emitted from a light source mounted in the light source attachment portion into the body portion of the flange structure, so that at least some of the emitted light passes through the body portion and into the flange portion to illuminate the flange portion, said light source attachment portion configured to be carried by or attached to said body portion so that an installation of said lighted fitting in said panel opening is accomplished without forming a light source opening in the panel separate from the mount opening; and wherein the light source attachment portion is integrally formed with the body portion of the flange structure to form a unitary structure; and wherein the body portion has an outer peripheral surface surrounding an interior opening, the outer peripheral surface terminating in a peripheral edge distal from the flange portion, and wherein the light attachment portion is disposed in a generally tangential orientation on said edge.