US 11,746,972 B2
Uplight shadow reduction for pendant lighting fixtures
Sean Michael Hawthorne, Boston, MA (US); Rachel Lynn Sidiropoulos, Middleboro, MA (US); and Jeremy Ogg, Rockland, MA (US)
Assigned to HLI SOLUTIONS, INC., Greenville, SC (US)
Filed by HLI SOLUTIONS, INC., Greenville, SC (US)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/332,668.
Application 17/332,668 is a continuation of application No. 15/866,540, filed on Jan. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,022,261.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/500,012, filed on May 2, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/445,090, filed on Jan. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0285608 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. F21S 8/06 (2006.01); F21V 15/01 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); F21V 7/00 (2006.01); F21Y 105/18 (2016.01); F21S 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC F21S 8/061 (2013.01) [F21S 9/02 (2013.01); F21V 7/0008 (2013.01); F21V 15/01 (2013.01); F21Y 2105/18 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pendant lighting fixture system, comprising:
a pendant lighting fixture configured to be suspended from a ceiling, the pendant lighting fixture having a first housing containing a first light source configured to provide illumination to a space below a ceiling;
at least one hanging support for supporting the pendant lighting fixture from the ceiling;
an uplight assembly releasably connected to the pendant lighting fixture, the uplight assembly comprising a second housing defining a cavity and a plurality of second light sources positioned in the cavity, the plurality of second light sources arranged to provide light on the at least one hanging support from a plurality of different directions; and
a plurality of hanging supports, wherein the at least one hanging support is one of the plurality of hanging supports, wherein the plurality of hanging supports are arranged such that arcs joining the plurality of hanging supports form an enclosed circular area, and wherein the plurality of second light sources are arranged in a circular manner such that light is provided on the plurality of hanging supports from inside the enclosed circular area and outside the enclosed circular area.