Patent ID: 7887207
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: A47F,F21V,F21Y,F25D

Abstract:
1. A display merchandiser having an improved lighting system for illuminating a display space of said display merchandiser, said display merchandiser comprising: a structure defining an access opening in a front side wall through which at least a portion of the display space may be accessed, the access opening bounded by a first vertically extending side wall and a second vertically extending side wall being opposite said first vertically extending side wall; a door assembly covering the access opening, said door assembly including a plurality of transparent doors, each door being selectively positionable between a first position in which it closes over the access opening to the display space and a second position in which it opens to provide access to the display space; at least one mullion extending vertically upright through the access opening in the front side wall, each mullion dividing one transparent door of the plurality of transparent doors from another transparent door of the plurality of transparent doors; at least one vertically extending lamp disposed behind the at least one mullion intermediate the first vertically extending side wall and the second vertically extending side wall of the access opening, said at least one lamp for emitting light into the display space; a first reflector having a first oblique portion extending obliquely from said front side wall to said first vertically extending side wall of said access opening, and facing inwardly toward the interior product display space, said first oblique portion adapted to direct at least a portion of the light emitted from said at least one vertically extending lamp into the display space; and a second reflector having a second oblique portion extending obliquely from said front side wall to said second vertically extending side wall of said access opening, and facing inwardly toward the interior product display space, said second oblique portion adapted to direct at least a portion of the light emitted from said at least one vertically extending lamp into the display space.