Patent ID: 6945668
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y,G02B

Abstract:
1. In an interior room having a ceiling, a multidirectional lighting system for illuminating the room, the multidirectional lighting system comprising a housing, a planar transparent panel carried by the housing, the panel having an exposed upper face, an exposed lower face and a pair of parallel edges the housing including a pair of parallel stringers, each stringer comprising an extruded metal member, each stringer including an integral rib in engagement with the lower face of the panel and a vertical flange adjacent each of the parallel edges, an illumination source carried by each stringer, each illumination source being in registry with one of the parallel edges, at least one of the faces including an array of dots, each vertical flange engaging one of the parallel edges only adjacent the lower face, whereby an unobstructed path for direct illumination of each edge from each illumination source is provided, the housing being positioned within the room beneath the ceiling with the panel substantially horizontal, illumination emanating from the panel being dispersed downwardly from the lower face of the panel and upwardly toward the ceiling from the upper face of the panel.