Patent ID: 8791640

Claim:
A solid state lamp comprising: a plurality of flexible strips, each of the flexible strips comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and an end, the LEDs being connected to the end of the flexible strip; a base structure having a plurality of connection locations, each connection location being configured to receive the end of a corresponding flexible strip and to provide drive current to the plurality of LEDs of the corresponding flexible strip; and an electrical connector affixed to the base structure for connection to an external power source for providing the drive current to the flexible strips, wherein electrical connections from each LED extend to the end of the flexible strip, and wherein the flexible strips are independently deformed into corresponding deformable resilient shapes that produce an illumination profile based on the deformable resilient shapes of the independently deformed flexible strips, the flexible strips being further deformable into alternative deformable resilient shapes with the end received by the base structure.