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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
May. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl J Zorn, Yorktown, VA (US);
Brian J Kross, Yorktown, VA (US);
Stanislaw Majewski, Grafton, VA (US);
Randolph F Wojcik, Yorktown, VA (US);
Assignee:
Southeastern Univ. Research Assn., Inc., Newport News, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; F21V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385125 ; 385123 ; 385147 ; 385901 ; 362 32 ;
Abstract
The present invention comprises an illumination system for specialized decorative lighting including a light source, a flexible plastic tube sheath for distributing the light to a remote location, a transparent liquid core filling the tube that has an index of refraction greater than that of the plastic tube and an arrangement where light coupled from the light source is caused to leak from the liquid light guide at desired locations for the purposes of specialized lighting, such as underwater illumination in swimming pools.