Lighting system employing bi-directional optics for illuminating product display unit
CA 2414820 A1 · Owner: Rusnak, George L. · Inventors: Saraiji, Riad M.; Treado, Stephen J.; Rusnak, George L.
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A modular lighting system for illuminating products supported upon various vertically arranged shelves of a display unit includes a housing attached to a first shelf, with the housing including at least one transparent panel which permits an internal illumination source to light products supported upon at least one of the first shelf a shelf arranged directly , above, the first shelf and a shelf disposed directly below the first shelf. Most preferably, the light illuminating from the housing is directed so as to effectively, entirely illuminate product support surfaces associated with both the first shelf and the shelf directly below such that the display of products supported anywhere from …
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- Filed December 18, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 18, 2022.
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