Patent ID: 7670039

Claim:
A light pipe structure for conducting light from a plurality of discrete light sources, the light pipe structure comprising: first and second light pipes, each having a first end adapted to be located adjacent respective first and second discrete light sources and a second end opposite the first end, each of the light pipes operable to conduct the light of the respective discrete light source from the respective first end to the respective second end; a continuous lens having a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface of the lens coupled to the second ends of the light pipes, such that the light conducted from the first discrete light source through the first light pipe generates a pinpoint of light on the front surface of the lens adjacent the second end of the first light pipe, the pinpoint of light surrounded by a diffusion of light across the front surface of the lens; and wherein the second light pipe comprises a light-refracting structure adapted to refract, in a direction away from the second end of the second light pipe, the light emitted from the first discrete light source that enters the second light pipe, so as to minimize the amount of light emitted from the first discrete light source that reaches the second end of the second light pipe.