Patent ID: 8277098

Claim:
A lighting system for watercraft, including: a) an elongated rub rail having a base having an inner surface for attachment to a gunwale or side wall surface of a watercraft, and a pair of opposed retaining arms extending from an outer portion or portions of the base, each arm having a distal end wherein the distal ends are spaced apart to define an elongated opening communicating with an elongated cavity formed between the arms, and b) an elongated lighting assembly securable within the elongated cavity of the elongated rub rail, the elongated lighting assembly including; an elongated tubular member having a cylindrical wall made of an opaque material, and having a plurality of spaced-apart, longitudinally-aligned circular bore openings radially through the tubular wall, wherein the longitudinally-aligned bores register with the elongated opening of the rub rail, and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), each LED being encased in a cylindrical cap through which the light is emitted, wherein an end portion of the cylindrical cap of the LED is positioned within one of the bore openings through the tubular wall, to emit light through the bore in the tubular wall and the elongated opening of the elongated rub rail.