Patent ID: 7520641

Claim:
An apparatus for use in generating illumination, comprising: a first light source; a generally planar reflective base positioned adjacent to and extending away from the first light source; and a reimaging reflector positioned separated from the first light source and partially surrounding the first light source, where the reimaging reflector extends from the generally planar reflective base to partially reflectively surround the first light source, where a first percentage of light is emitted from the first light source in a first solid angle and does not strike the reimaging reflector, and a second remaining percentage of light emitted from the first light source is reflected from the reimaging reflector to the generally planar reflective base and is further reflected from the generally planar reflective base to be directed into substantially a same solid angle as the first solid angle of the first percentage of light emitted from the first light source thereby achieving etendue squeezing of the first light source.