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A lighting system includes an illumination source arranged within a housing wherein the housing is positioned at a front end portion of a shelf of a product display unit. In a preferred form of the invention, thermal insulation is disposed between the housing and the shelf such that the shelf is the

A lighting system includes an illumination source arranged within a housing wherein the housing is positioned at a front end portion of a shelf of a product display unit. In a preferred form of the invention, thermal insulation is disposed between the housing and the shelf such that the shelf is thermally isolated from heat generated by the lighting unit. The lighting unit can be attached to or formed integral with the front portion of the shelf so as to act as an extension thereof or arranged beneath the shelf, preferably with an air gap or other type of thermal material barrier therebetween. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the lighting unit takes the form of an elongated housing which is slidably mounted within a label receiving area of a shelf. The invention also contemplates lighting upper and lower shelves with a single lighting unit and providing the light housing with a label receiving area, which can be lit, to provide consumers with information concerning products to be supported on the shelf.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A modular lighting system for use on a product display unit including at least first and second vertically spaced product display shelves each having a substantially planar supporting surface with front and rear, laterally extending end portions comprising:an elongated housing havin

[ I claim:] [1.] A modular lighting system for use on a product display unit including at least first and second vertically spaced product display shelves each having a substantially planar supporting surface with front and rear, laterally extending end portions comprising:an elongated housing having terminal end portions and a front face portion defining a label receiving area, said housing being adapted to extend from the front end portion of the first shelf and including upper and lower panel portions, with at least a section of each of the upper and lower panel portions being transparent;an illumination source mounted within the housing, said illumination source being adapted to generate light directed both above and below the first shelf and at the label receiving area; andmeans, adapted to be interposed between the first shelf and the housing, for thermally insulating the first shelf from the heat generated during operation of the illumination source.