Patent ID: 7845821

Claim:
An indirect lighting fixture module for an indirect lighting system for illuminating an interior space having an overhead ceiling, said lighting fixture module comprising at least two relatively short linear indirect fluorescent lighting fixture elements, each of said linear indirect fluorescent lighting fixture elements including at least one fluorescent lamp capable of being energized wherein, when energized, light from the at least one fluorescent lamp is directed upwardly from the lighting fixture elements toward an overhead ceiling, and each of said lighting fixture elements having a substantially uniformly shaped linear housing having top edge portions defining the top of the linear housing and free ends that conform to the shape of said housing, the linear housing of each of said lighting fixture elements being fabricated of a light transmissive material extending substantially entirely around the periphery of the housing between the top edge portions thereof and over at least a substantial portion of its length and having an outer surface visible from below the lighting fixture module which is luminous when the fluorescent lamp of the lighting fixture element is energized, the outer surface of the linear housing of each of said lighting fixture elements being visible against the overhead ceiling, and the portion of the length of said linear housing which is fabricated of said light transmissive material receiving a portion of the light produced by the fluorescent lamp held by said lighting fixture element such that at least a portion of the length said linear housing as seen from below the lighting fixture module is luminous when the fluorescent lamp of the lighting fixture element is energized, and a hanger structure for interconnecting and holding only said linear indirect fluorescent lighting fixture elements in substantially parallel, side-by-side relation, and for suspending said lighting fixture elements from an overhead ceiling free of other linear elements, said at least two substantially parallel linear indirect fluorescent lighting fixture elements producing an indirect lighting fixture module which projects a generally rectangular profile against an overhead ceiling from which the fixture module is suspended.