Patent ID: 7481550

Claim:
A method of simulating a skylight by illuminating a translucent panel in a hung ceiling of the type designed for supporting a plurality of rectangular ceiling tiles comprising the steps of: providing a ceiling grid with a plurality of rectangular voids configured to receive therethrough uniformly dimensioned ceiling tiles of a predetermined tile size which is slightly larger than said plurality of voids; wherein said ceiling grid comprises a plurality of “T” shaped bars each of which has a top central portion; inserting in one of said plurality of rectangular voids a rectangular panel elevating frame which has an exterior size which is sized slightly larger than each of said plurality of rectangular voids, and has a predetermined interior frame size; inserting through said rectangular panel elevating frame a translucent panel which is sized slightly larger than said predetermined interior frame size; backlighting a backlit side of said translucent panel; and said rectangular panel elevating frame having a vertical dimension sufficiently large as to cause said backlit side of said translucent panel to be not recessed with respect to said top central portion of one of said plurality of “T” shaped bars adjacent to said translucent panel.