Patent ID: 7857482

Claim:
A linear lighting apparatus including: a plurality of light emitting diodes (“LEDs”) positioned along a longitudinal axis of said apparatus and configured to emit light, each said LED in contact with a primary optic along a light emitting portion of the LED, the primary optic configured to refract said light; a secondary optic configured to receive said light refracted by said primary optics and to refract said light outward from said apparatus as a substantially continuous beam of light along said longitudinal axis, and control a beam spread of said light along a perpendicular axis of said apparatus; and an apparatus housing defining an interior volume of said apparatus; wherein said plurality of LEDs and said primary optic are located in said housing and a surface of said secondary optic defines a light-emitting surface of said housing, wherein each of said primary and secondary optics include a plurality of tabs extending along a length of each of said primary and secondary optics and said housing includes a plurality of recesses extending along a length of said housing to receive said primary optic tabs and said secondary optic tabs, and wherein said recesses are disposed to hold said primary and secondary optics and to hold said plurality of LEDs, wherein said recesses hold said primary and secondary optics through snap-fit connections between the primary and secondary optics and said housing.