Patent ID: 7210818
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: F21S,F21Y,H05B,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A flexible lighting device, comprising: an elongated translucent flexible cylindrical tube with opposed tube ends, a flexible circuit board positioned in said tube extending between said opposed tube ends, said flexible circuit board having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said interior surface defining an elongated continuous chamber between said opposed tube ends, said flexible circuit board defining a plurality of cutouts between said interior and exterior surfaces between said tube ends, said cutouts being of such shape that allow the bending of said flexible circuit board, a source of input electrical power, a source of output electrical power, electrical circuitry mounted to said flexible circuit board and connected to said input source of electrical power and to said output source of electrical power, a plurality of LEDs mounted to said flexible circuit board and electrically connected to said electrical circuitry, wherein light emitted from said LEDs can pass at least in part through said cutouts and out said tube.