Lighting apparatus

Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a lighting apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof, the right side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 4.

Elongated elevations on a substrate are transparent and thus light comes through. Each elevation has a plate therein which has recesses in each of which a light source, such as an LED, is placed. The squares are electrodes.

Since all the elevations have the identical cross-sectional view, the cross-sectional view shown in FIG. 6 is taken from only one of the elevations.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a lighting apparatus, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Uemoto; Takaari (Kadoma, JP), Nishimoto; Keiji (Kadoma, JP), Ueno; Yasuharu (Kadoma, JP), Shida; Satoshi (Kadoma, JP), Omata; Yuji (Kadoma, JP)
Assignee:	Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/299,099
Filed:	December 19, 2007

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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	Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
	29270332	Dec 19, 2006

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Jun 20, 2006 [JP]			2006-15955
Jun 20, 2007 [JP]			2006-15953

Current U.S. Class:	D26/24; D26/1
Current International Class:	2604
Field of Search:	;D26/24,1,2,37,72,74,80,81,83,93,105,113,25 ;D13/180,182 ;362/612,631,555,89,147,153,257,800 ;257/79,80,82,88,433 ;313/500

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D374737	October 1996	Can
D477093	July 2003	Moriyama et al.
D477094	July 2003	Moriyama et al.
6627994	September 2003	Hashimoto
D506274	June 2005	Moriyama et al.
D513082	December 2005	Hoshikawa et al.
D530288	October 2006	Nagai
D531139	October 2006	Egawa et al.
D532544	November 2006	Woertler
D535262	January 2007	Saito et al.
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D546985	July 2007	Hoshikawa et al.
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Foreign Patent Documents

	2003-124528		Apr 2003		JP

Other References

Uemoto et al., U.S. Design Application entitled "Lighting Apparatus", U.S. Appl. No. 29/270,337, filed Dec. 19, 2006. cited by other.

Primary Examiner: Brooks; Cathron
Assistant Examiner: Lee; Angela J
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione