Patent ID: 7874696
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: F21S,F21Y,G09F

Abstract:
1. A wall luminaire for mounting on an existing wall, the luminaire having a housing intended for the reception of electrical components and having at least one light permeable element mounted to the housing, wherein the housing has a parallelepiped shape with a rectangular top wall, a rectangular base wall and end-face walls; at least one light exit opening is provided at least in the top wall or in the base wall and a planar lighting surface is provided which is associated with a front side of the housing, extends parallel to a front wall of the housing and is made of opal glass or of a light-effective plastic material; and a plurality of LED elements are arranged as a light source on at least one carrier surface in an inner space of the housing such that a directed light beam is generated between the existing wall and the lighting surface and, on the one hand, effects a regional illumination at least one of above the top wall or below the base wall and, on the other hand, starting from the respective light exit opening, expands such that each lighting surface is disposed in the sidelight region of the light beam.