Patent ID: 7162840

Claim:
A window assembly comprising an elongated transparent pane, at least one lighting assembly and at least one opaque covering, said elongated transparent pane having said opaque covering associated with the interior surface thereof and having said lighting assembly mounted adjacent the interior surface of said opaque covering, said opaque covering having at least one aperture disposed therethrough wherein light emanates from said lighting assembly through said aperture, through said transparent pane, said light propagating from the exterior surface of said transparent pane of said window assembly, wherein said aperture comprises a plurality of spaced apart, elongated slots, said spaced apart, elongated slots selected from the group comprising rectangles, ellipses, trapezoids, parallelograms, circles, minor portions or combinations thereof and wherein said lighting assembly comprises a plurality of individual lighting elements, said lighting elements aligned with said plurality of spaced apart, elongated slots.