US Patent Issued to MAXLITE on Sept. 22 for "Box-shaped light fixture with diffuser lens having a plurality of diffractive ribs" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,537, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MAXLITE INC (Pine Brook, N.J.).

"Box-shaped light fixture with diffuser lens having a plurality of diffractive ribs" was invented by Eric Clohosey (East Rutherford, N.J.) and Stephen Andrew Entrekin (Chester, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A canopy light fixture including a housing with a base panel and a plurality of side panels extending from the base panel, arranged to define a cavity and a an opening; a diffuser lens configured to cover the opening, and having a plurality of concentric, diffractive ribs, at least one of the diffractive ribs having a rib width smaller than a rib width...