Patent ID: 9004717
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. An elongated housing for a fixture containing light emitting units, comprising: an opaque body portion, the body portion including an elongated, extruded trough so configured as to define a channel with a bottom wall and two side walls, forming an open side, for removably accepting a ribbon of light emitting units; a light transmitting lens portion, the lens portion being integrally co-extruded with and selectively covering the open side of the channel; a living hinge portion joining one side wall of the body portion to one side edge of the lens portion to form a unitary body; and the body portion, lens portion, and living hinge portion all co-extruded from the same base polymer, resulting in the housing having a consistent cross-section at all points along the length thereof with respect to shape and material.