Patent ID: 6273592
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
A luminaire comprisinga housing for a light source, said housing having a down light opening extending in a defined plane below the light source,at least one light baffle element disposed in said down light opening for shielding the light source in said housing within a range of shielded viewing angles below the plane of said down light opening, said baffle element having a bottom edge and at least one observable surface extending upward from said bottom edge, said observable surface exhibiting relatively low observable brightness when viewed at at least some shielded viewing angles within said range of shielded viewing angles, anda visual accent area on said luminaire which is observable at shielded viewing angles where the observable outer surface of said baffle element exhibits relatively low brightness, said visual accent area being provided on an outer surface of said luminaire in close proximity to the observable outer surface of said baffle element and exhibiting relatively high observable brightness at such shielded viewing angles as compared to the brightness exhibited by the observable surface of said baffle element at such viewing angles.