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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Flex Lighting Ii Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Anthony John Nichol, Chicago, IL (US);
Zane Arthur Coleman, Elmhurst, IL (US);
FLEx Lighting II, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A lightguide, formed from a film with a thickness not greater than 0.5 mm, includes an array of coupling lightguide strips with bounding edges, a light mixing region, and a light emitting region. The coupling lightguides are folded such that the bounding edges are stacked together, and a light source is positioned to emit light into the lightguide through the stacked bounding edges, to conduct light into the light mixing region and then into the light emitting region. At least a portion of the light mixing region of the lightguide is wrapped around the stack of coupling lightguides such that it surrounds the stack of coupling lightguides and/or is in contact with at least two sides of the stack of coupling lightguides. The light mixing region might include a cladding with a pressure sensitive adhesive material.