Patent ID: 7121681
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. A tubular fluorescent lamp comprising: a first plurality of legs and a first plurality of curved segments, each of the first plurality of curved segments arranged between a pair of the first plurality of legs, the first plurality of legs and the first plurality of curved segments arranged such that at least three successive legs in the first plurality of legs reside in a first plane; and a second plurality of legs and a second plurality of curved segments, each of the second plurality of curved segments arranged between a pair of the second plurality of legs, the second plurality of legs and the second plurality of curved segments arranged such that at least three successive legs in the second plurality of legs reside in a second plane different from said first plane, and wherein said second plane is substantially parallel with said first plane, and wherein the first plurality of legs is interdigitated with the second plurality of legs to create a continuous lamp surface along a first side of the fluorescent lamp, and wherein the first side is substantially parallel with the first plane.