US Patent Issued to North American Lighting on Oct. 14 for "Light guide with multi-directional optics" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,503, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to North American Lighting Inc. (Paris, Ill.).

"Light guide with multi-directional optics" was invented by Matthew Hancak (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light guide is provided having an elongate body extending in a longitudinal direction having a light transmission portion with a forward light exit surface and a reflective track extending opposite the light exit surface. A plurality of reflective elements are formed along the reflective track and spaced apart in the longitudinal direction. Each reflective element has a center segment and a pair of edge segments each ori...