Sign box lighting system
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1. A lighting system, comprising:
- a light box housing including a light transmissive face, a back, and a plurality of sidewalls separating said face and said back;
a plurality of interconnected lighting units on at least two elongated and continuous woven flexible carriers in said light box housing and separated by a space, each of said lighting units spanning said space, and comprising conductors to provide an electrical signal to each of said units, each of said plurality of lighting units comprising;
a plurality of light emitting elements; and
a printed circuit board (PCB) spanning said space and mounted to said carriers, wherein said plurality of light emitting elements are on said PCB and adapted to emit light substantially away from said PCB and toward said light transmissive face in response to said electrical signal;
a plurality of clamps, each of which is mounted a respective end of one of said carriers; and
a mounting mechanism comprising at least one pair of mounting brackets arranged to secure at least one array of said plurality of interconnected lighting units on said at least two elongated woven flexible carriers to said light box housing, wherein each of said clamps is coupled to one of said mounting brackets, wherein each of said mounting brackets comprises a base and at least one leg extending from said base that provides an extended surface such that endpoints of said at least one array are coupled to a respective mounting bracket at a desired position along said extended surface of a respective at least one leg, wherein said mounting bracket is directly coupled to one of said plurality of sidewalls of said light box housing.
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Abstract
A lighting system having a light box housing, a plurality of lighting units, a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on a PCB. The lighting units can also be interconnected in a daisy-chain configuration on at least one carrier, such that the lighting units form an array of lighting units. The array of lighting units adapted to be mounted within the light box housing, wherein the light box housing has one or more arrays of lighting units.
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47 Claims
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1. A lighting system, comprising:
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a light box housing including a light transmissive face, a back, and a plurality of sidewalls separating said face and said back; a plurality of interconnected lighting units on at least two elongated and continuous woven flexible carriers in said light box housing and separated by a space, each of said lighting units spanning said space, and comprising conductors to provide an electrical signal to each of said units, each of said plurality of lighting units comprising; a plurality of light emitting elements; and a printed circuit board (PCB) spanning said space and mounted to said carriers, wherein said plurality of light emitting elements are on said PCB and adapted to emit light substantially away from said PCB and toward said light transmissive face in response to said electrical signal; a plurality of clamps, each of which is mounted a respective end of one of said carriers; and a mounting mechanism comprising at least one pair of mounting brackets arranged to secure at least one array of said plurality of interconnected lighting units on said at least two elongated woven flexible carriers to said light box housing, wherein each of said clamps is coupled to one of said mounting brackets, wherein each of said mounting brackets comprises a base and at least one leg extending from said base that provides an extended surface such that endpoints of said at least one array are coupled to a respective mounting bracket at a desired position along said extended surface of a respective at least one leg, wherein said mounting bracket is directly coupled to one of said plurality of sidewalls of said light box housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An array of lighting units, comprising:
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at least one elongated woven flexible carrier; a plurality of lighting units mounted to said at least one elongated woven flexible carrier, wherein an array of said plurality of lighting units is adapted to be individually mounted, wherein said plurality of lighting units are electrically connected to each other in a daisy-chain configuration, each of said lighting units comprising; a printed circuit board (PCB) coupled to said at least one elongated woven flexible carrier by a fastener passing through said PCB and carrier; a plurality of light emitting elements on at least one side of said PCB; first and second electrical conductors coupled to said PCB and arranged to provide an electrical signal to each of said plurality of light emitting elements; and an overmold housing adapted to enclose at least part of said at least one woven flexible carrier that extends from opposing edges of said PCB, said overmold housing comprising a first shoe and a second shoe that enclose said at least one woven flexible carrier within said overmold housing proximate said opposing edges of said PCB, said overmold housing also enclosing at least part of said PCB and a portion of said conductors; wherein said at least one elongated woven flexible carrier can bend freely in many different directions; wherein said plurality of lighting units and said at least one elongated woven flexible carrier are adapted to be coiled to form a coiled array of lighting units; wherein said at least one elongated woven flexible carrier arranged to be comprised of a plurality of elongated woven flexible carriers coupled together; wherein respective ends of said plurality of elongated woven flexible carriers are coupled together using a coupler, said coupler comprising; a back plate; at least one front plate; and a hinge, wherein said at least one front plate is hingedly coupled to said back plate by said hinge. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A lighting system, comprising:
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a light box housing including a light transmissive face, a back, and a plurality of sidewalls separating said face and said back; a plurality of interconnected lighting units on at least one elongated woven flexible carrier in said light box housing, and comprising conductors to provide an electrical signal to each of said units, each of said plurality of lighting units comprising; a plurality of light emitting elements; and a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted to said carrier, wherein said plurality of light emitting elements are on said PCB and adapted to emit light substantially away from said PCB and toward said light transmissive face in response to said electrical signal; a plurality of clamps, each of which is mounted to a respective end of said carrier, and each clamp comprising a front plate and a back plate arranged for securely holding said carrier end there between; and at least one pair of mounting brackets arranged to secure at least one array of said plurality of interconnected lighting units on said at least one elongated woven flexible carrier to said light box housing, wherein each of said clamps is coupled to one of said mounting brackets, wherein each of said mounting bracket is directly coupled to one of said plurality of sidewalls of said light box housing.
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47. A lighting system, comprising:
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a light box housing including a light transmissive face, a back, and a plurality of sidewalls separating said face and said back; a plurality of interconnected lighting units on at least two elongated and continuous woven flexible carriers in said light box housing and separated by a space, said carriers having carrier holes, each of said lighting units spanning said space, and comprising conductors to provide an electrical signal to each of said units, each of said plurality of lighting units comprising; a plurality of light emitting elements; a printed circuit board (PCB) spanning said space and mounted to said carriers and having a plurality of slots, wherein said plurality of light emitting elements are on said PCB and adapted to emit light substantially away from said PCB and toward said light transmissive face in response to said electrical signal; an overmolded housing enclosing part of the woven flexible carriers, part of the PCB and part of the conductors; and a plurality of fasteners, each of which cooperates with a respective hole and slot to mount each said PCB to said carriers; and a pair of mounting brackets arranged to secure at least one array of said plurality of interconnected lighting units on said at least one elongated woven flexible carrier to said light box housing, and wherein each of said mounting brackets is directly coupled to one of said plurality of sidewalls of said light box housing.
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