Light fixture

Claim 2

A light fixture comprising a housing, a light source carried by and disposed substantially centrally within said housing, said housing including a plurality of reflective surfaces disposed about said light source and comprising a first planar two-way mirror, second and third planar mirrors each including one of said plurality of reflective surfaces, said first two-way mirror being carried by said housing along one side of said light source and said second mirror being carried by said housing along another side of said light source and disposed in a plane at an angle other than 90° with respect to the plane containing said first mirror, said third mirror being carried by said housing along another side of said light source and disposed in a plane at an angle other than 90° with respect to said first planar two-way mirror said mirrors being arranged about said light source such that at least a portion of the light rays generated by said light source are reflected by the reflective surfaces of said second and third mirrors for passage through said first mirror and another portion of the light rays are reflected by the reflective surface of said first mirror interiorly of said housing for further reflection by said reflective surfaces and passage through said first mirror whereby a three-dimensional multiple light source effect comprised of a series of discrete light sources which diminish in intensity and size with depth and repetitiously fade to infinity within said housing is provided when the light source is viewed through said first mirror.

Claim 3

A lighting fixture according to claim 1 wherein said third mirror is a two-way mirror having an interiorly directed reflective surface whereby at least a portion of the light rays generated by said light source are reflected by the reflective surfaces of said first and second mirrors for passage through said third mirror and another portion of the light rays are reflected by the reflective surface of said third mirror interiorly of said housing for further reflection by said reflective surfaces and passage through said third mirror whereby a three-dimensional multiple light source effect comprised of a series of discrete light sources which diminish in intensity and size with depth and repetitiously fade to infinity within said housing is provided when the light source is viewed through said third mirror.

Claim 4

A light fixture according to claim 2 wherein said second mirror is a two-way mirror having an interiorly directed reflective surface whereby at least a portion of the light rays generated by said light source are reflected by the reflective surfaces of said first and third mirrors for passage through said second mirror and another portion of the light rays are reflected by the reflective surface of said second mirror interiorly of said housing for further reflection by said reflective surfaces and passage through said second mirror whereby a three-dimensional multiple light source effect comprised of a series of discrete light sources which diminish in intensity and size with depth and repetitiously fade to infinity within said housing is provided when the light source is viewed through said second mirror.

Claim 5

A light fixture according to claim 1 wherein said third mirror is a one-way mirror.

Claim 6

A light source according to claim 4 wherein said second mirror is a one-way mirror.

Claim 7

A light fixture according to claim 1 wherein said housing has walls constituting an enclosure about said light source, said first, second and third mirrors comprising at least a portion of said walls about said light source.

Claim 8

A light fixture according to claim 6 wherein said third mirror constitutes a one-way mirror, each of said second and third mirrors forming acute angles with said first mirror along opposite edges of said first mirror.

Claim 9

A light fixture according to claim 6 wherein said second mirror is a two-way mirror having an interiorly directed reflective surface whereby at least a portion of the light rays generated by said light source are reflected by the reflective surfaces of said first and third mirrors for passage through said second mirror and another portion of the light rays are reflected by the reflective surface of said second mirror interiorly of said housing for further reflection by said reflective surfaces and passage through said second mirror whereby a three-dimensional multiple light source effect comprised of a series of discrete light sources which diminish in intensity and size with depth and repetitiously fade to infinity within said housing is provided when the light source is viewed through said second mirror, said third mirror being a two-way mirror having an interiorly directed reflective surface whereby at least a portion of the light rays generated by said light source are reflected by the reflective surfaces of said first and second mirrors for passage through said third mirror and another portion of the light rays are reflected by the reflective surface of said third mirror interiorly of said housing for further reflection by said reflective surfaces and passage through said third mirror whereby a three-dimensional multiple light source effect comprised of a series of discrete light sources which diminish in intensity and size with depth and repetitiously fade to infinity within said housing is provided when the light source is viewed through said third mirror, said second and third mirrors each forming an obtuse angle with said first mirror along the respective opposite sides of said first mirror.

Claim 10

A light fixture according to claim 1 wherein said third mirror is a two-way mirror having an interiorly directed reflective surface whereby at least a portion of the light rays generated by said light source are reflected by the reflective surfaces of said first and second mirrors for passage through said third mirror and another portion of the light rays are reflected by the reflective surface of said third mirror interiorly of said housing for further reflection by said reflective surfaces and passage through said third mirror whereby a three-dimensional multiple light source effect comprised of a series of discrete light sources which diminish in intensity and size with depth an repetitiously fade to infinity within said housing is provided when the light source is viewed through said third mirror, said mirrors forming an enclosure for said fixture having top, bottom and side walls, said first mirror forming a part of the side wall of said fixture, said second mirror forming a part of one of said top and bottoom walls of said fixture, said third mirror forming a part of the other of the other of said top and bottom walls of said fixture.

Claim 11

A light fixture according to claim 1 wherein said light source consists of a single electric light bulb.

Claim 12

A light fixture according to claim 9 wherein said second mirror constitutes a one-way mirror, said second and third mirrors forming obtuse angles with said first mirror along opposite side edges thereof.