This invention relates, in general, to a lighting fixture that will provide illumination for items displayed on a shelf made of a transparent or translucent material. The light from the lighting fixture passes through the transparent or translucent material to which the fixture is attached to illuminate an item displayed on the transparent or translucent material.
Magnets or ferrous materials are incorporated into or attached to a lighting fixture. An object containing ferrous material or magnets is placed on one side of the transparent or translucent material. The lighting fixture is placed on the other side of the transparent or translucent material. The lighting fixture and object are held in place on either side of the transparent or translucent material by the magnetic attraction between the lighting fixture and the object. The light emitted by the lighting fixture passes through transparent or translucent material to illuminate an item displayed on the transparent or transparent material. If the transparent or translucent material is magnetic or ferrous, the magnetic or ferrous object may not be required.
In the prior art various types of devices have been proposed.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,824,055, issued to Sherman, for a Shelf Light Assembly. Sherman discloses a shelf light that is mounted to the edge of the shelf.
U.S. Patent Application No. 2014/0254136, filed by Oraw et al. for an LED Shelf Light For Product Display Cases. Oraw et al. discloses a shelf light that is mounted to the edge of the shelf.
U.S. Pat. No. D595,887, issued to Blom, for a Combined Light And Shelf Blom discloses a light embedded in a shelf.
German Patent No. DE102009025548, issued to Sauter, for a Lighting Device For Interior Lighting Of A Translucent Container From Outside show a light that is attached to a glass wall by suction or glue.
The present invention is directed to a lighting fixture to be mounted on a transparent or translucent shelf or other object.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved light fixture that is quickly mounted to a transparent or translucent shelf.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved light fixture that is removably mounted to a transparent or translucent shelf.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved light fixture that is easily repositioned on a transparent or translucent shelf.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be fully apparent from the following description, when taken in connection with the annexed drawings.
The preferred embodiment herein described is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. It is chosen and described to best explain the invention so that others, skilled in the art to which the invention pertains, might utilize its teachings.
Referring now to the drawings in greater detail,
Although the lighting fixture 1 is shown as being round, it could take many shapes such as a matching shape for the item 14 being illuminated. The lighting fixture 1 could be square or hexagonal shaped to allow it to be grouped in multiples under larger items 14.
Although LED elements 6 are disclosed as a best mode, other lighting elements such as incandescent bulbs, halogen bulbs, photo luminescent materials, glow lights and others may also be used.
The magnet and ferrous material provided on the lighting fixture 1 and keeper 3 may be provide in several configurations. The lighting fixture 1 can have a magnet and the keeper ferrous material. The lighting fixture 1 can have the ferrous material and the keeper 3 the magnet. The lighting fixture 1 and the keeper 3 can both have magnets, which their poles suitably aligned.
The lighting fixture 1 may also be made in small sizes which could be used on clothing to illuminate wearable items such as jewelry and other decorations, such as seasonal images.
If the item 14 on the shelf 2 being illuminated by the lighting fixture 1 is made of a ferrous material, or has a magnetic material embedded in or mounted to it, the lighting fixture 1 with a magnet 3 in the upper edge of the base 8 may be used without the matching keeper. The magnet 3 in the lighting fixture would be held in place by being attracted to the ferrous item being illuminated.
Although the LIGHTING FIXTURE FOR TRANSPARENT OR TRANSLUCENT MATERIAL and the method of using the same according to the present invention has been described in the foregoing specification with considerable details, it is to be understood that modifications may be made to the invention which do not exceed the scope of the appended claims and modified forms of the present invention done by others skilled in the art to which the invention pertains will be considered infringements of this invention when those modified forms fall within the claimed scope of this invention.
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62111473 | Feb 2015 | US |