Patent ID: 6709131
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
A luminaire having a mock light source for improved source brightness control comprisinga housing having a downlight opening, at least one active light source operatively held in said housing above said downlight opening, said light source having a bottom surface portion which faces the downlight opening of said housing and which ordinarily would be exposed therethrough, and at least one brightness reduction cover element operatively positioned in said housing below and in proximity to the bottom surface portion of said at least one active light source, said brightness reduction cover element being sized and shaped to surround the bottom surface portion of said light source to substantially the minimum extent necessary to prevent exposure of the active light source through the downlight opening of said housing, said brightness reduction cover element being exposed through said downlight opening for providing an observable mock light source at the approximate position of said active light source wherein said mock light source has a reduced brightness surface to simulate a relatively low brightness light source within said housing.