Patent ID: 6239910
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: E06B,F21S,F21V

Abstract:
A daylighting apparatus, mountable adjacent to a window opening located on a wall of a room, for redirecting incident sunlight into said room to illuminate said room, comprising:frame means for mounting said daylighting apparatus juxtaposed said window opening, where said window opening presents an occupant of said room with a field of view to look through said window opening; anda plurality of identical light reflecting element means, mounted in said frame means in a fixed position, that is a substantially parallel, spaced apart orientation, for redirecting said incident sunlight into said room, each of said light reflecting element means comprising:an elongated substantially linear member having a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface being of a geometry to redirect said incident sunlight received from a predetermined range of directions onto a predetermined region of a ceiling surface of said room absent said redirected incident sunlight being transmitted into said field of view, while concurrently blocking low altitude direct sunlight from entering said room.