Patent ID: 8764266

Claim:
A lighting fixture, comprising: a first edge-lit flat panel, a second edge-lit flat panel overlaid the first edge-lit flat panel, and a third edge-lit flat panel disposed in viewing alignment with the first edge-lit flat panel, each edge-lit flat panel formed of a light-transmissive material and including a first planar surface, a second planar surface opposite and separated from the first planar surface, and optics coupled with the second planar surface; wherein the optics of the first edge-lit flat panel are arranged to form a desired shape of an image of the first edge-lit flat panel and configured to reflect light distributed within the first edge-lit flat panel through its first planar surface, and wherein the optics of the second edge-lit flat panel are arranged to form a desired shape of an image of the second edge-lit flat panel and configured to reflect light distributed within the second edge-lit flat panel through its first planar surface, and wherein the optics of the third edge-lit flat panel are arranged to form a desired shape of an image of the third edge-lit flat panel and configured to reflect light distributed within the third edge-lit flat panel through its first planar surface; wherein: the optics of the first edge-lit flat panel defines less than a complete first image; the optics of the third edge-lit flat panel defines less than a complete first image; and the image formed by the optics of the first edge-lit flat panel when combined with the image formed by the optics of the third edge-lit flat panel defines a complete first image; and wherein: the optics of the first edge-lit flat panel define less than a complete second image; the optics of the second edge-lit flat panel define less than a complete second image; and the image formed by the optics of the first edge-lit fiat panel when combined with the image formed by the optics of the second edge-lit flat panel defines a complete second image; the complete first image and the complete second image being different.