Patent ID: 7572045

Claim:
A lighting system comprising: a light-emitting panel comprising a front wall, a rear wall situated opposite thereto, and, between the front and the rear wall, a first edge surface and, opposite thereto, a second edge surface, the first edge surface being light-transmitting, and a first light source associated with the first edge surface, such that, in operation, light originating from the first light source is incident on the first edge surface and distributes itself in the panel, wherein the light-emitting panel widens over i. a first widening section from the first edge surface in a direction towards the second edge surface and ii. a second widening section from the second edge surface in a direction towards the first edge surface, wherein the surface of the second edge surface is specularly or diffusely reflects, and wherein the light-emitting panel comprises, between the first widening section and the second edge surface, a light guide part including a structure configured for providing light extraction.