US 12,130,004 B2
Mirror and cabinet apparatus
Douglas J. Diemel, Jr., Kohler, WI (US); Alexander V. Letourneau, Sheboygan, WI (US); and Sandeep Pawar, Maharashtra (IN)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,642.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/292,189, filed on Dec. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/245,290, filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/221,225, filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/221,182, filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014204 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. F21V 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 33/004 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighted mirror apparatus comprising:
a mirror in a viewing state, the mirror having a front surface defining a mirror plane and a centerline, a center plane being orthogonal to and intersecting the mirror plane along the centerline;
a first light assembly positioned along a first side of the mirror; and
a second light assembly positioned along a second side of the mirror that is opposite the first side of the mirror;
each of the first and second light assemblies configured to generate light and transmit the light to the center plane along a primary light path, each of the first and second light assemblies comprising:
a light source configured to generate light;
a light guide member comprising a light output surface, the light output surface defining a first interface reference plane that intersects the center plane at an outwardly and rearwardly facing first acute angle (θ1);
the light source optically coupled to the light guide member so that the light is guided through the light guide member to the light output surface along a first portion of the primary light path, the first portion of the primary light path forming a first angle of incidence (Φ1) with the light output surface; and
the light output surface being part of a first multimedia interface that is configured to refract the light exiting the light output surface of the light guide member at a first angle of refraction (Ψ1) along a second portion of the primary light path, wherein the first angle of refraction (Ψ1) is greater than the first angle of incidence (Φ1).