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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1992
John F Tryon, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention includes a lens assembly for use in a lighting system including (a) an elongated translucent lens; (b) tracks for slidably receiving the lens; (c) means for securing the lens at one point thereby allowing thermal expansion and contraction of the elongated translucent lens along the tracks; and (d) means for receiving ends of the elongated translucent lens during expansion and contraction. The invention also includes a light box corner section attached to the corner of a raised canopy or roof including (a) a top assembly in an L-shaped configuration attached to the ceiling of the raised canopy; (b) a bottom panel having an L-shaped configuration attached to the top assembly; and (c) a corner section elongated translucent lens secured between at least a portion of the outer edges of said top assembly and bottom panel.