Flexible perimeter lighting apparatus
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1. An elongated flexible lighting system, comprising:
- a plurality of surface mount light emitting diodes (LEDs) emitting light in response to electrical power;
a flexible printed circuit material, said LEDs mounted on said printed circuit material, said printed circuit material having redundant conductive traces to electrically interconnect said LEDs, the other of said conductive traces conducting power to said LEDs if one of said traces fails; and
an elongated translucent extrusion of flexible material, said printed circuit material and LEDs integral to said extrusion and transmitting at least some light through at least some of said extrusion, said extrusion dispersing the light from said array giving the appearance that said array of light sources is a continuous light source.
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Abstract
An elongated flexible lighting system according to the present invention includes an array of light sources that are illuminated by electric power. It further includes an elongated translucent extrusion of flexible material. The array of light sources is integral to the extrusion with said extrusion transmitting and dispersing the light from the array such that the lighting system gives the appearance that the array of light sources is a continuous light source. The elongated lighting system can be used for many different applications including, but not limited to, the lighting of structural features and illumination of sign features.
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1. An elongated flexible lighting system, comprising:
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a plurality of surface mount light emitting diodes (LEDs) emitting light in response to electrical power; a flexible printed circuit material, said LEDs mounted on said printed circuit material, said printed circuit material having redundant conductive traces to electrically interconnect said LEDs, the other of said conductive traces conducting power to said LEDs if one of said traces fails; and an elongated translucent extrusion of flexible material, said printed circuit material and LEDs integral to said extrusion and transmitting at least some light through at least some of said extrusion, said extrusion dispersing the light from said array giving the appearance that said array of light sources is a continuous light source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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