Lighting system with baffle

Claim 1

A task-oriented lighting system for illuminating a task supported in a substantially horizontal position and adapted to be viewed primarily from a first direction and from an observation point located laterally at elevations between sitting eye height and standing eye height, comprising a horizontally elongated linear light source having its long axis substantially perpendicular to said first direction, and light occluding means interposed between the light source and the task and extending laterally far enough to intersect every vertical plane passing through the light source, the observation point and the task, whereby light from the source which could cause veiling reflections from the task is at least partially occluded and the light source extending laterally far enough beyond the occluding means to illuminate directly the task by light traversing vertical planes which do not pass through the observation point.