Patent ID: 8083366
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: A47F,E04H,F21V,F21W,F21Y,G09F

Abstract:
1. An internally illuminated structural member comprising: a linear extrusion having a defined length and generally rectangular-shaped spaced left and right side walls, each of said side walls having a bottom edge, and an upper margin; said side walls joined along their bottom edges by a center base wall to form a generally rectangular U-shaped opening defining an interior space; opposed inverted T-guides integral to the upper margins of the side walls, said T-guides extending laterally into the interior space; opposed cross clips integral to the side walls extending laterally into the interior space; opposed groove openings integral to the side walls extending laterally into the interior space, said openings defined by the inverted T-guides and cross clips; opposed internal T-guides integral to the side walls extending laterally into the interior space; opposed external T-guides integral to the side walls; opposed spaced L-brackets integral to the base wall extending laterally into the interior space; at least one lighting fixture mounted within the interior space, a bulb mounted within the fixture; a generally planar cover spanning the U-shaped opening proximate the upper margins of the side walls, opposed edges of said cover retained within the groove openings, said cover having a diffusion coefficient sufficient to allow light generated by the lighting fixture and bulb when powered to pass through said cover; and, wherein each of said T-guides, clips, groove openings, L-brackets and cover runs the length of the extrusion.