Recessed illuminated tile light

• US 6,755,550 B1
• Filed: 02/06/2003
• Issued: 06/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amy Lackey
• Original Assignee: Amy Lackey
• Inventors: Lackey, Amy
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Shea, Sandra
• Assistant Examiner(s): PAYNE, SHARON E
• Application Number:
  US10/358,372
• Time in Patent Office: 509 Days
• Field of Search: 362/147, 362/294, 362/351, 362/362, 362/364, 362/373, 362/800, 362/806, 362/153, 362/148
• US Class Current: 362/147
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/024 intended to be recessed in a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/01 Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts F21V15/02 takes precedence housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/107 using hinge joints
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/04 the elements being switches safety devices F21V25/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/15 Thermal insulation
• 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: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/806 Ornamental or decorative

Abstract

A recessed lighting system for a vertically oriented tiled wall. The housing comprises a generally rectangular receptacle having plural side wall and a base, where the latter mounts a lighting source. Overriding the housing is a tile frame support, hingedly secured to a side wall of the housing, where the frame support mounts plural, spaced apart tiles, comparable to those found in adjacent wall areas, where the spaces between the tiles are in light communication with the lighting source to thereby allow light rays to pass to the surrounding atmosphere.

Claims

1. In combination with a generally planar, vertically oriented wall suitable for fixedly mounting a plurality of rectangular shaped tiles, a recessed lighting system comprising:

a.) a light housing for recessing within said wall, said light housing consisting of a base and plural side walls, where said side walls are defined by a free edge aligned planarly with said vertically oriented wall, and a frame support hingedly mounted to a said free edge for receiving a plurality of said tiles;

b.) a plurality of said tiles secured to said frame support, where said tiles are spaced apart from an adjacent said tile; and

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c.) a light source fixed within said light housing, which light source when activated will show through the spaces between said tiles.

2. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said light housing comprises a generally rectangular base having a side dimension equal to about the length of a pair of said comparable tiles laid in close proximity to one another.

3. The combination according to claim 2, wherein said base is defined by a generally rectangular recess, said light source being positioned within said rectangular recess.

4. The combination according to claim 3, wherein said rectangular recess is a three-sided, rectangular channel.

5. The combination according to claim 4, wherein said light source is an LED light bulb.

6. The combination according to claim 2, wherein said generally rectangular base is planar and mounts a single, centrally disposed said light source.

7. The combination according to claim 6, wherein at least one said side wall includes plural through openings for dissipating heat from said single, centrally disposed light source.

8. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said frame support comprises a grid member consisting of plural members arranged in parallel and perpendicular to one another, where said members feature outer edges planarly aligned to support said comparable tiles.