Title: Illuminated bank window

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1. In combination with a bank window construction of the type mounted in a building wall and including a frame having an upper horizontal member and a window so mounted in said wall that automobiles may stop therealong and transact business with a teller on the other side of the window, a lighting apparatus comprising:

(a) a light housing extending generally parallel to said upper horizontal member of said frame and having means associated therewith for mounting the housing adjacent the upper frame member;

(b) said light housing including opaque front, rear, top and side walls, and a light transmitting bottom wall, an elongated light source mounted in said housing parallel to the front wall and substantially in the forward portion of said housing;

(c) said light housing further including an elongated reflector means extending substantially the entire length of said housing and positioned above and behind said light source;

(d) said light transmitting bottom wall being provided with at least a prismatic surface portion;

(e) said light source, reflector, and prismatic surface so arranged with relation to each other that the major portion of the light from said light source, when activated, is directed from said apparatus along an asymmetric path having a forwardly directed vector, while only a minor portion of the light is directed along the path having a rearwardly directed vector.

2. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said light source is positioned in the upper portion of said housing nearer the front wall than the rear wall.

3. The combination according to claim 2 wherein said reflector extends angularly from the top portion of said housing generally toward the bottom rear portion.

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Inventors: Finch, David H. (Raleigh, NC, US)

Application Number: 863076
Filing Date: 1977-12-22
Publication_date: 1979-08-07
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Primary Class(es): 362/147 362/217, 362/310, 362/339
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US Patent Ref:

1314513	Sep, 1919	Donahue	362/145.
2912066	Oct, 1959	Ellithorpe	109/19.
3059840	Oct, 1962	Graber et al.	109/19.
3340393	Sep, 1967	Franck et al.	362/309.
3681591	Aug, 1972	Loch	362/217.
4027151	May, 1977	Barthel	362/217.
4078169	Mar, 1978	Armstrong	362/217.

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Primary Examiner: Nelson, Peter A.
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