Patent ID: 6994456

Claim:
A wall-washer lighting fixture for placement in a ceiling at an installation site located relative to a generally horizontal ceiling surface placed at a predetermined vertical level, the installation site further being located adjacent an intersection between the ceiling surface and a generally vertical wall surface, with the lighting fixture essentially flush with the ceiling surface and directing light horizontally and vertically along the wall surface closely adjacent to the intersection in order to illuminate the wall surface while reducing to a minimum any shaded area along the wall surface adjacent the intersection, the lighting fixture comprising: a light source for location vertically above the ceiling surface when the lighting fixture is at the installation site; a plurality of lens elements for placement between the light source and the predetermined vertical level of the ceiling surface when the lighting fixture is at the installation site, to receive light from the light source and direct such received light toward the wall surface, the plurality of lens elements including first lens elements oriented, located and configured for directing light received from the light source toward first areas of the wall surface spaced vertically downwardly from the intersection, and a second lens element located vertically lower than the first lens elements and oriented and configured for directing light received from the light source toward second areas of the wall surface, between the first areas and the intersection between the ceiling surface and the wall surface, so as to illuminate the wall surface while reducing to a minimum any shaded area along the wall surface adjacent the intersection.