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High aspect ratio light fixture and film for use therein

  • US 4,984,144 A
  • Filed: 04/14/1988
  • Issued: 01/08/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A high aspect ratio light fixture comprising an enclosure having an optical window, said light fixture comprising:

  • transparent light extraction film in said optical window, said light extraction film having a base layer defining a plane and having a structured surface facing the interior of said enclosure, said surface having linear prisms thereon, each of said prisms having two sides adjacent to said plane, the projections of which meet at a relatively narrow angle and two sides more distant from said plane which meet at a relatively wide angle; and

    a light source at one end of said enclosure for emitting light such that said light will enter said prisms, be totally internally reflected and emerge through said second surface.

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