Crown molding with lighting effects

• US 20050225982A1
• Filed: 06/11/2005
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Richard Hahn
• Original Assignee: Richard Hahn
• Inventors: Hahn, Richard
• Application Number:
  US11/149,589
• Publication Number:
  US 20050225982A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/249.160
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/22 flexible or deformable, e.g. into a curved shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 11/12 of slot type
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/006 General building constructions or finishing work for buildings, e.g. roofs, gutters, stairs or floors; Garden equipment; Sunshades or parasols
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/0016 on lighting devices that also provide for direct lighting, e.g. by means of independent light sources, by splitting of the light beam, by switching between both lighting modes
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 9/08 for producing coloured light, e.g. monochromatic; for reducing intensity of light with provision for controlling the colour F21V9/40

Abstract

A crown molding has a vertically oriented mounting leg joined with an outwardly angled decorative leg in a modified “V” configuration. A plurality of spaced apart webs are each extensive between the mounting leg and the decorative leg. Each of the webs provides at least one concave groove on an upwardly directed top edge, thereby forming a plurality of such grooves in longitudinally spaced apart positions. A flexible lighting tube is engaged within the grooves and extensive longitudinally. Apertures are placed in the decorative leg to allow light from the lighting tube to filter downwardly.

Claims

1. A crown molding apparatus comprising:

a vertically oriented mounting leg joined with an outwardly angled decorative leg in a modified “

V”

configuration;

a plurality of spaced apart webs extensive between the mounting leg and the decorative leg, each of the webs providing at least one concave groove on an upwardly directed top edge thereof, thereby forming a plurality of such grooves in longitudinally spaced apart positions; and

a lighting tube positioned securely within the grooves.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the decorative leg provides apertures therein in longitudinally spaced apart positions such that light from the lighting tube is able to pass through the apertures for being directed downwardly.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the apertures form at least one longitudinally aligned aperture array.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the lighting tube is of a compliant material, the grooves of such size as to engage the lighting tube in compressive gripping action when the lighting tube is pushed into the grooves.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of the webs provides at least one concave groove therein.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the mounting leg, the decorative leg and the webs are molded integrally.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the decorative leg is of a material of one of:

translucent and transparent plastic, for directing light from the lighting tube therethrough.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein an interior surface of the mounting and decorative legs is at least partially parabolic in shape;

the interior surface further characterized as reflective, so as to project light upwardly.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein at least one of the interior surface and the lighting tube is colored so as to emit and reflect a selected light color.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a solid decorative insert position over the lighting tube, the decorative insert providing a transparent pattern enabling projection of the pattern upwardly.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising a decorative pattern positioned on the decorative leg, the decorative pattern at least partially transparent and thereby providing projection of the decorative pattern downwardly.