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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:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael C. Lea, Bracknell, GB;
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/00 ;
Abstract
A luminaire for distributing light from a light source ( ). The luminaire includes one or more reflectors ( ), placed symmetrically about the lamp ( ) to reflect the light output from the lamp ( ). One or more light spreading devices ( ) are provided around the reflectors ( ) to receive the light reflected by the reflectors ( ). Such a luminaire provides for uniform distribution of light while minimizing glare from the light fitting.