LIGHTING FIXTURES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ILLUMINATION

• US 20140268816A1
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Swarovski Lighting, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Swarovski Lighting, Ltd.
• Inventors: Ricci, Stefano
• Application Number:
  US13/795,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20140268816A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/311.13
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/063 with a rigid pendant, i.e. a pipe or rod
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 11/14 with many small apertures
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 13/04 the elements being reflectors and refractors for vehicle rear lights F21S43/40
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/00 Refractors for light sources characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/504
• 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: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A lighting fixture includes a cap and a spaced-apart shield. The cap is suspendable below a ceiling and disposed generally over a light source. The lighting fixture includes at least one of the shield having at least one aperture with at least one translucent ornament illuminatable by the light source, a plurality of elongated members connected at one end to the cap and at a second end to the shield to support an upper portion of the shield spaced apart from a lower portion of the cap, and the shield having a plurality of openings therethrough defining a pattern in the shield illuminatable by the light source.

Claims

1. A lighting fixture suspendable below a ceiling, said lighting fixture comprising:

an opaque cap disposed generally over a light source and operably attachable below the ceiling;

an opaque shield spaced apart below said cap, said shield comprising at least one aperture therethrough;

at least one translucent ornament disposed in said aperture of said shield; and

wherein light emitted from the light source is directed generally towards said translucent ornament.

2. The lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein said shield comprises a first outer peripherally-extending edge, said cap comprises a second outer peripherally-extending edge, and said first outer peripherally-extending edge being larger than said second outer peripherally-extending edge.

3. The lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein said cap comprises a first height, said shield comprises a second height, and said first height being larger than said second height.

4. The lighting fixture of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of elongated members connecting said cap to said spaced-apart shield.

5. The lighting fixture of claim 4 wherein said plurality of elongated members comprises a plurality of curved elongated members.

6. The lighting fixture of claim 4 wherein said plurality of elongated members is disposed on a non-vertical angle between said cap and said shield.

7. The lighting fixture of claim 6 wherein said plurality of elongated members comprises a plurality of curved elongated members.

8. The lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein said translucent ornament comprises a crystal ornament.

9. The lighting fixture of claim 8 wherein a bottom portion of said crystal ornament extends below a bottom of said shield.

10. The lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein said shield comprises a plurality of openings extending therethrough disposed around said ornament defining a pattern, and said pattern being illuminatable by the light source.

11. The lighting fixture of claim 10 wherein said plurality of openings comprise a plurality of elongated openings.

12. The lighting fixture of claim 10 wherein said pattern defines a plurality of rays extending out from said translucent ornament.

13. The lighting fixture of claim 10 wherein said pattern comprises a plurality of generally crisscrossing rays extending out from said translucent ornament.

14. The lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein said shield comprises a generally convex lower surface.

15. The lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein said cap comprises a generally convex upper surface.

16. The lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein said shield comprises a generally convex lower surface and said cap comprises a generally convex upper surface.

17. The lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein said cap, said shield, said ornament, and the light source are aligned along a longitudinal axis of said lighting fixture.

18. A lighting fixture suspendable below a ceiling, said lighting fixture comprising:

an opaque cap disposed generally over a light source and operably attachable below the ceiling,

an opaque shield; and

a plurality of elongated members connected at one end to said cap and at a second end to said shield to support an upper portion of said shield spaced apart from a lower portion of said cap.

19. The lighting fixture of claim 18 wherein said shield comprises a first outer peripherally-extending edge, said cap comprises a second outer peripherally-extending edge, and said first outer peripherally-extending edge being larger than said second outer peripherally-extending edge.

20. The lighting fixture of claim 19 wherein said plurality of elongated members is disposed on a non-vertical angle between said cap and said shield.

21. The lighting fixture of claim 18 wherein said plurality of elongated members comprises a plurality of curved elongated members.

22. The lighting fixture of claim 18 wherein said plurality of elongated members is disposed on a non-vertical angle between said cap and said shield.

23. The lighting fixture of claim 22 wherein said plurality of elongated members comprises a plurality of curved elongated members.

24. The lighting fixture of claim 18 wherein said opaque shield comprises a plurality of openings therethrough defining a pattern in said shield, and said pattern being illuminatable by the light source.

25. The lighting fixture of claim 24 wherein said plurality of openings comprise a plurality of elongated openings.

26. The lighting fixture of claim 24 wherein said pattern defines a plurality of radially-extending elongated openings in said shield.

27. The lighting fixture of claim 24 wherein said pattern defines a plurality of generally crisscrossing elongated openings.

28. The lighting fixture of claim 18 wherein said cap comprises a generally convex upper surface.

29. The lighting fixture of claim 28 wherein said shield comprises a generally convex lower surface.

30. A lighting fixture suspendable below a ceiling, said lighting fixture comprising:

an opaque cap disposed generally over a light source and operably attachable below the ceiling,

an opaque shield spaced apart below said cap; and

wherein said shield comprising a plurality of openings therethrough defining a pattern in said shield, and said pattern being illuminatable by the light source.

31. The lighting fixture of claim 30 wherein said plurality of openings comprises a plurality of elongated openings in said shield.

32. The lighting fixture of claim 30 wherein said pattern comprises a plurality of radially-extending elongated openings in said shield.

33. The lighting fixture of claim 30 wherein said pattern comprises a plurality of generally crisscrossing elongated openings in said shield.

34. The lighting fixture of claim 30 wherein said shield comprises a generally convex lower surface.

35. A method for providing illumination, the method comprising:

emitting light onto a translucent ornament disposed in an aperture of an opaque shield from an opaque cap suspended below a ceiling and spaced above the opaque shield.

36. The method of claim 35 wherein the ornament comprises a crystal.

37. The method of claim 35 wherein the opaque shield comprises a plurality of openings therethrough defining a pattern, and the emitting light comprises emitting light through said plurality of openings.

38. The method of claim 37 wherein the pattern defines a plurality of rays extending out from the translucent ornament.

39. The method of claim 37 wherein the pattern defines a plurality of generally crisscrossing rays extending out from the translucent ornament.