US 12,104,781 B2
Light rung for kinetic facade system
Kevin Smith, Glenshaw, PA (US); and Franklin Krouse, Greensburg, PA (US)
Assigned to Extech/Exterior Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by EXTECH/EXTERIOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/823,119.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/238,263, filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0062998 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. E04F 13/08 (2006.01); E04B 1/344 (2006.01); F21V 29/70 (2015.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 33/006 (2013.01) [E04B 1/344 (2013.01); E04F 13/0871 (2013.01); F21V 29/70 (2015.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A façade system, comprising:
a rung, said rung including a housing having an interior, a top, a rear wall and a front;
a pin for insertion through said front;
a flapper pivotably attached to said rung being held in place at said rung by said pin; and,
a light-emitting diode (LED) disposed within said interior of said housing proximate to said top, wherein said LED is configured to project light substantially upward.