Patent ID: 8789988

Claim:
An encapsulated flexible LED light strip comprising: a flexible substrate having a rectangular-shaped central portion and a plurality of support tabs laterally extending from elongate lateral sides of the central portion and spaced apart along the elongate lateral sides of the central portion; an LED light circuit at the central portion of the flexible substrate and having at least three spaced-apart LED lights; a substantially voidless flexible plastic housing encapsulating the LED light circuit and the central portion of the flexible substrate; wherein the flexible plastic housing has a length extending between opposed ends, a width extending between opposed lateral sides, and a thickness extending between opposed front and rear sides; wherein the encapsulated flexible LED light strip has a minimum flexibility of the length such that when the length is shorter than 200 mm every 80 mm section of the length can bend over an arc of 20 degrees and when the length is 200 mm or longer every 150 mm section of the length can bend over an arc of 20 degrees; wherein the length is in the range of 80 mm to 2.0 m; wherein the length to the width has a ratio of at least 8:1; at least one flexible electrical cable extending from the LED light circuit and through the flexible plastic housing; and wherein the flexible plastic housing forms a contoured strain relief for the at least one flexible electrical cable.