US 12,264,795 B2
Reflector and reflector housing for a linear lighting system
Avinash Sanichar, Bloomfield, NJ (US); Alister Mallet, Bushkill, PA (US); and Ernesto Buchana, Clifton, NJ (US)
Assigned to AMERLUX, LLC, Oakland, NJ (US)
Filed by AMERLUX LLC, Oakland, NJ (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/416,185.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/480,740, filed on Jan. 20, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0247770 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. F21S 4/28 (2016.01); F21V 17/16 (2006.01); F21V 17/18 (2006.01); F21V 29/70 (2015.01)
CPC F21S 4/28 (2016.01) [F21V 17/164 (2013.01); F21V 17/18 (2013.01); F21V 29/70 (2015.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting system comprising:
a housing defining a cavity, the housing having catches protruding into the cavity;
a direct reflector positioned in the cavity and having a first and second branch, the first and second branches configured to snap into the catches of the housing;
a lens configured to snap into the first and second branch; and
an LED printed circuit board positioned between the branches
wherein the first and second branches each define;
a finger extending from the branch at a branch intersection and bending at a finger joint; and
a bent shank also extending from the branch intersection, the bent shank extending along a neck portion and bending at a shoulder to form a nook, the first and second branches configured to snap into the catches of the housing between the finger joint and the shoulder of the bent shank.