Customized Vanity Illumination Assembly With Translucent Panels

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing cabinet countertop illuminating solutions are complex and costly, requiring specialized construction features.

Innovation Solution

A simple and low-cost illuminating apparatus using a multi-layered assembly with transparent, translucent materials and portable or fixed light sources within the cabinet compartment, applicable to various cabinet configurations and tile types, powered by DC or AC energy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If specialized construction features are used to achieve cabinet countertop illumination, then illumination quality is improved, but device complexity and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveillumination qualityVSAvoidconstruction complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the illumination function from the countertop structure itself by placing separate LED light sources and translucent panels below the countertop surface. This allows the countertop to maintain its simple tile construction while achieving illumination through the extracted lighting components positioned in the cabinet compartment below.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces translucent panels as an intermediary element between the LED light sources and the countertop surface. These panels diffuse and transmit light upward through the countertop tiles, enabling illumination without requiring the tiles themselves to be specially modified or constructed with integrated lighting features.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Illumination intensity

If specialized construction features are used to achieve cabinet countertop illumination, then illumination quality is improved, but manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveillumination qualityVSAvoidmanufacturing cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Illumination intensityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the illumination system into separate, independently manufacturable components: LED light sources, translucent panels, and mounting structures. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured using standard processes and assembled into the final illumination assembly, avoiding the need for expensive specialized countertop construction.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The illumination assembly designed with translucent panels and LED sources can be applied to various countertop tile types and cabinet configurations without requiring custom construction. This universal approach reduces manufacturing costs by using standardized components that can be installed across different applications.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of manufacture

If simple construction is used for cabinet countertop illumination, then ease of manufacture is improved, but illumination quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of manufactureVSAvoidillumination quality

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses composite material structures combining translucent panels with LED light sources to achieve high illumination quality. The translucent panels diffuse and evenly distribute light across the countertop surface, while the LED sources provide efficient, bright illumination, creating a composite lighting system that delivers superior performance despite simple construction.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

4Reliability

If existing illumination solutions are used, then illumination function is achieved, but adaptability to different cabinet configurations is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveillumination functionVSAvoidadaptability to cabinet configurations

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent designs the illumination assembly with flexible mounting options and adjustable components that can adapt to different cabinet sizes, countertop shapes, and tile configurations. The modular nature of the LED sources and translucent panels allows the system to be configured dynamically to suit various installation requirements while maintaining reliable illumination function.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Provides high-quality, functional, and easy-to-deploy surface illumination without specialized construction, suitable for diverse countertop applications.

Implementation Method 1

facilitates the transmission of light to the working countertop surfaces through the transparent, translucent epoxy resin

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectLight transmission: Light

Implementation Method 2

facilitates the transmission of light to the working countertop surfaces through an layered illumination assembly apparatus

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectLight transmission: Light

Data Source

PatentUS12449120B2Customized vanity illumination apparatus

Publication Date: 2025.10.21 KELLY JOHN EDWARD

AI summary

The invention provides a unique and totally novel apparatus means for illuminating a variety of cabinet working countertops by means of employing a multi layered illumination assembly in a low cost, simple, and effected manner, that is disclosed using conventional materials, an a variety of light illuminations sources, to create an attractive illuminated vanity cabinet accommodating multiple vanity designs.