Patent ID: 8038315

Claim:
A luminaire housing, comprising: a luminaire housing frame surrounding an interior portion of said luminaire housing; at least one longitudinally extending lamp in said housing frame, said housing frame having a ballast housing top piece; said lamp at least partially surrounded by a reflector within said housing frame; a light permeable polycarbonate silk screened bottom panel positioned below a diffuser, said bottom panel and said diffuser coupled to said luminaire housing frame below said at last one longitudinally extending lamp, said diffuser panel covering at least one light permeable light passageway; said housing frame having a first and a second end plate on distal ends of said housing frame, each of said end plates having an end cap removably affixed and having an end cap panel; said bottom panel having a first silk screened surface generally facing said interior portion of said luminaire housing and a second surface opposite said first surface, said second surface having a glossy transparent appearance; wherein said first surface has an opaque ink layer applied to a portion thereof, said opaque ink layer defining a printed area; and wherein said opaque printed area outlines said at least one light permeable light passageway in said bottom panel.