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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2008
Roy B. Crane, Wilmington, MA (US);
William Fabbri, Barnstead, NH (US);
Roy B. Crane, Wilmington, MA (US);
William Fabbri, Barnstead, NH (US);
Genlyte Thomas Group LLC, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A fluorescent luminaire has a luminaire housing, a lens frame positioned within the luminaire housing, the lens frame having a first side frame member and a second side frame member connected to a first end frame member and a second end frame member, a flexible plastic lens having a length, wherein a distance between the first and second side frames is less than the length of the plastic lens and, wherein the lens curves from the flat orientation to a curved orientation when seated between the first and second side frames corresponding to curvature of the first and second end frames.