Patent ID: 8240894

Claim:
A lighting system with removable light modules comprising: a frame having a mounting surface, via which the lighting system is attached to an object, and a module surface, the module surface including a magnetic material and first and second electrically conductive channels, wherein the mounting surface and the module surface are substantially flat surfaces facing opposite each other, such that a cross section of the frame that includes a portion of both the mounting surface and the module surface is rectangular; a light module comprising a light source and a base, the base having a light surface and an attachment surface, wherein the light source is mounted on the light surface and the attachment surface is substantially flat and includes a magnetic material and first and second electrically conductive paths, the light source having first and second lead-in wires electrically connected to the first and second electrically conductive paths of the attachment surface, such that a cross section of the base that includes a portion of both the light surface and the attachment surface is a polygon; and the light module being mounted on the frame with the substantially flat attachment surface of the light module facing the substantially flat module surface of the frame and being in direct contact thereto, and the first path of the light module being in electrical contact with the first channel of the frame and electrically isolated from the second channel, and the second path of the light module being in electrical contact with the second channel of the frame and electrically isolated from the first channel, such that the light module is securely mounted on the frame via a magnetic attractive force acting between the magnetic material of the attachment surface of the base of the light module and the magnetic material of the module surface of the frame, and such that a magnetic attractive force permits the light module to be removed from the frame, ending the direct contact between the attachment surface of the light module and the module surface of the frame.