Adaptive LED Cove Lighting System

• US 20170292663A1
• Filed: 10/26/2016
• Published: 10/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tempo Industries, LLC
• Original Assignee: Tempo Industries, LLC
• Inventors: Pearson, Dennis, Bremser, Michael D., Johnson, James, Lueken, Thomas, Toms, Shaun
• Granted Patent: US 10,151,435 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/033 the surface being a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/025 Elongated bases having a U-shaped cross section
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/088 Clips; Clamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/70 characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/02 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/04 of lens shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/10 comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

An LED cove light system having a wall piece mounted to a back surface of a cove, the wall piece having a top edge which is at the same height as a top surface of a front wall of the cove. A light fixture component is removably attachable at an angle to the wall piece and carries one or more LEDs positioned to project light from the cove out into an adjacent space of a room.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A method of illuminating a surface comprising:

constructing a wall piece and configuring the wall piece to be attachable to a surface;

configuring a light fixture component and the wall piece to be removably attachable to one another and positioning a plurality of LEDs in a row in the light fixture component below a top edge of said light fixture component and at an angle selected to project light from the LEDs into an adjacent space;

attaching the wall piece to a vertical cove wall and behind a front cove wall at a position selected such that, when the light fixture component is attached to the wall piece, the LEDs of the light fixture component are not visible on a line of sight perpendicular to the vertical cove wall from a point looking toward the front cove wall, the LEDs are positioned to illuminate a surface above the vertical cove wall and front cove wall, and each of the LEDs is spaced at the same selected distance from the surface to be illuminated by light emanating from the LEDs;

attaching the light fixture component to the wall piece; and

employing the light fixture to deliver light to the ceiling surface with an efficacy and intensity sufficient to illuminate the room beneath the ceiling.

19. The method of claim 18 where the illumination provided to the room is sufficient to illuminate the room without the use of any other ceiling mounted light fixture, including but not limited to downlight fixtures, including but not limited to downlight cans.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the efficacy is 85% or greater.