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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2025
Flex-n-gate Advanced Product Development, Llc, Windsor, CA;
Todd Nykerk, Holland, MI (US);
Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC, Windsor, CA;
Abstract
A light-pipe lighting apparatus includes a light source with a collimating light pipe disposed adjacent the light source. An optical sheet is disposed adjacent the collimating light pipe opposite the light source. A mask is disposed adjacent the optical sheet opposite the collimating light pipe. A projection light pipe is disposed adjacent the mask and opposite the optical sheet. Light emitted from the light source is modified as it passes through the collimating light pipe, the optical sheet, the mask, and the projection light pipe thereby projecting an illuminated image. Based on patterns of transparent portions of the mask, corresponding patterns of illuminated images are projected from the light-pipe lighting apparatus.