ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,780, issued on April 22.
"Rail lighting system" was invented by Joel Nichols (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape light carrier system includes an elongate structure having a tape light receiving recess along its length. An inner and outer set of slots are arranged on inner sides of the tape light receiving recess. An inner covering lens is engaged with the inner set of slots and an outer covering lens is engaged with the outer set of slots. A flexible linear light source is affixed to the bottom of the tape light receiving recess using an adhesive. The inner covering lens is arranged in an arc and holds the flexibl...