Patent ID: 8342722

Claim:
A light system comprising for mounting adjacent to a wall, the light system comprising: (a) an opaque panel disposed adjacent to and offset from the wall, the panel having a wall side and a lower side, said panel having a perimeter edge and lights mounted within the perimeter edge on the wall side of the panel, between the wall and the panel such that the lights are generally not visible, but light emanating from the lights is visible on the wall to form a halo around the panel, generally conforming to the perimeter edge of the panel; and (b) an upper releasable mounting bracket and a lower releasable mounting bracket, the upper releasable mounting bracket disposed on the wall and the lower releasable mounting bracket disposed on the wall side of the panel; (c) wherein the upper releasable mounting bracket and the lower releasable mounting bracket are fabricated from bent sheet metal wherein the upper releasable mounting bracket has a planar top and two side walls extending down from the top, wherein the two side walls of the upper mounting bracket each have a plurality of tabs extending away from the side walls towards the top, and wherein the lower releasable mounting brackets has a planar bottom and two side walls extending up from the bottom, wherein the two side walls of the lower mounting bracket each have a plurality of tabs extending away from the side walls towards the bottom, wherein the side walls of the each of the upper releasable mounting bracket and the lower releasable mounting bracket slidably engage one another and the plurality of tabs on the upper releaseable mounting bracket mate with corresponding tabs on the lower releasable mounting bracket.