Patent ID: 8360590

Claim:
A continuously submerged illumination device comprising: a molded substrate having an exposed surface formed as a curved surface and adapted to face a body of water and an inside surface sealed from said body of water; a translucent light transmitting layer molded so as to overlie said substrate, said light transmitting layer including a light piping element in photo connection with a translucent over-molded surface shape portion of said translucent light transmitting layer that covers said exposed surface of said molded substrate, said translucent over-molded surface shape portion adapted to face said body of water; a lighting element mounted at said inside surface and providing light to said light piping element and over said exposed surface of said molded substrate, said lighting element passing through said inside surface and in photo connection with said translucent light transmitting surface; and a power supply connected to and providing electrical power to said lighting element, wherein when said lighting element is lit, light spreads through said light piping element and over said exposed surface of said molded substrate.