Patent ID: 8177390

Claim:
An electronic visual display system with an integrated lighting system comprising: a. an electronic visual display having a housing; b. one or more lighting devices; c. the housing and the one or more lighting devices being cooperatively configured and shaped with respect to each other for secure mounting and attachment of the one to the other as an integrated unit for consumer use and permitting an orientation of the one or more lighting devices so as to provide direct light to one or more spaces external to the electronic visual display wherein at least a portion of the one or more lighting devices is located inside the housing; d. the electronic visual display having an on state and an off state selectable by an end user; e. the one or more lighting devices having an on and an off state selectable by the end user, the on and the off state of the one or more lighting devices being selectable independent of the on and the off state of the electronic visual display such that the one or more lighting devices may be in an on state providing light while the electronic visual display is in an off state; and, f. the one or more lighting devices providing a relatively constant color and relatively constant level of light output during the on state of the one or more lighting devices, wherein the relatively constant level of light may be adjusted by the end user brightening or dimming the one or more lighting devices.