Patent ID: 8059933

Claim:
An illumination assembly, comprising: an asymmetric diverging wedge defined by a narrow end surface and a wide end surface, and opposing side surfaces that are not parallel and extend between the narrow end and the wide end; a solid state light source extending into the asymmetric diverging wedge at the narrow end surface, the solid state light source emitting light into the narrow end surface of the diverging wedge; a light guide optically coupled to the wide end surface, the light guide having a light reflection surface and a light emission surface, and one of the opposing side surfaces being co-planar from the narrow end surface to the wide end surface with either the light emission surface or the light reflection surface; and a reflective layer disposed parallel with and adjacent to or on each of the opposing side surfaces, wherein the diverging wedge and the light guide are separate bodies coupled together at the wide end surface, and wherein the light emission surface functions as a luminaire.