Patent ID: 8733973

Claim:
A lighting device having a base body of translucent material in which several light-emitting diodes, which are applied to a flexible adhesive strip having integrated conductors, are arranged at intervals from one another, comprising: a cavity which is open at one side is milled into a rear side of the base body, a width and length of the cavity being slightly smaller than a width and length of the base body, so that at least one closed edge web running along the periphery of the base body runs in a rear area of the base body, the edge web extending along the periphery of the cavity and having an interior side, wherein the adhesive strip having the light-emitting diodes is applied to the interior side of the edge web over the entire length of the cavity in such a way that light-emitting diodes are arranged on interior sides of opposing edge web sections that face one another, wherein a solid light-conducting section of the base body in front of the cavity is illuminated by the light-emitting diodes on the interior side of the edge web, resulting in a high luminous density on a visible front side of the lighting device, and wherein the cavity on the rear side of the base body is closed by a cover.