Patent ID: 7549784

Claim:
A tile lighting system comprising: a plurality of glass tiles for being mounted on a surface, each of the glass tiles being separated from one another by a continuous spacing between each of the tiles; a bottom layer of transparent removable grout for filling the continuous spacing between each of the grouts; and elongated LED strips placed positioned on the bottom layer of the transparent grout so that the LED strips are positioned approximately 2 mm to approximately 4 mm below a top surface of the tiles, the elongated LED strips having of a plurality of LEDs (light emitting diodes) encased in transparent sleeves, wherein the elongated strips include: flexible plastic housing allows the LED strips to be bent up to approximately 45 degrees; male and female ends that allow for the elongated strips to interconnect with one another: separate plastic interconnect sleeves that overlaps where the elongated strips interconnect with one another; and a plastic end cap for protecting an end of the LED strips; and a top layer of the transparent removable grout over the elongated LED strips in the continuous spacing between the tiles, so that the LED strips are maintained in position approximately 2 mm to approximately 4 mm below top surfaces of the tiles.