Patent ID: 6062704
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
A lighting fixture mountable within a recess formed in a vertical wall, at least major portions of the lighting fixture lying within the recess, the lighting fixture illuminating by direct and indirect illumination an interior portion of an environmental space within which the fixture is mounted, comprising:a housing open over a face thereof, the open face extending toward the interior of the environmental space within which the fixture is mounted for illumination of said space, a plane in which the open face of the housing lies being substantially parallel to a plane in which the wall lies;a reflector element mounted by the housing and having arcuate reflective surfaces extending from a first lateral edge of the housing and toward a second lateral edge thereof, the reflective surfaces facing the open face of the housing;a diffuser element mounted in juxtaposition to the second lateral edge of the housing and covering portions of the reflector surfaces located in proximity thereto, the diffuser element being spaced from the reflector element to define an illumination zone within the interior of the housing; and,illumination means for providing light output disposed within the illumination zone, at least portions of the diffuser element being open to direct passage of light therethrough from the illumination means, portions of the light emanating from the illumination means and being incident on the diffuser element passing through the diffuser element and into the environmental space with other portions of the light incident on the diffuser element being reflected by the diffuser element to the reflector element for reflection externally of the fixture, other portions of the light emanating from the illumination means being incident directly on the reflector element and being substantially reflected into the environmental space.