Flood light

• US 10,018,337 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2016
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation (Techtronic Industries Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation (Techtronic Industries Company Limited)
• Inventors: Dorman, Justin D., Mantes, Jonathan M., Proeber, David, Thurner, Jason D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sawhney, Hargobind S
• Application Number:
  US15/375,278
• Publication Number:
  US 20170167700A1
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 4/00 Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/004 with a lamp housing in direct contact with the floor or ground
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/003 Searchlights, i.e. outdoor lighting device producing powerful beam of parallel rays, e.g. for military or attraction purposes searchlights mounted on a vehicle B60Q1/245
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/02 the power supply being a battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/02 with provision for adjustment F21V17/04 - F21V17/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0885 for portable lighting devices
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/28 adjustable in more than one plane
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/30 Pivoted housings or frames
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0414 specially adapted to be used with portable lighting devices
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/76 with essentially identical parallel planar fins or blades, e.g. with comb-like cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/00 Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses with refracting properties F21V5/00; with reflecting properties F21V7/00; characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/506
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2111/10 for personal use, e.g. hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/10 Outdoor lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/402 for working places
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A light comprises a housing including a front face, a first face, a second face, and a first surface arranged between the second face and the front face. A lens is disposed in the front face and a light source is covered by the lens. A power source is configured to provide power to the light source. The first face is angled at a first oblique angle with respect to the front face, the second face is angled at a second oblique angle with respect to the front face, and the first surface is angled at a third oblique angle with respect to the front face. The first oblique angle, the second oblique angle, and the third oblique angle are different from one another.

Claims

1. A light comprising:

a housing including a front face, a first face, a second face, and a first surface arranged between the first face and the front face;

a lens disposed in the front face;

a light source covered by the lens;

a power source configured to provide power to the light source;

wherein the first face is angled at a first oblique angle with respect to the front face, the second face is angled at a second oblique angle with respect to the front face, and the first surface is angled at a third oblique angle with respect to the front face, wherein the first oblique angle, the second oblique angle, and the third oblique angle are different from one another.

2. The light of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a second surface arranged between the first surface and the front face, the second surface angled at a fourth oblique angle with respect to the front face, the fourth oblique angle different than the first oblique angle.

3. The light of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a second surface arranged between the second face and the front face, the second surface angled at a fourth oblique angle with respect to the front face, the fourth oblique angle different than the first oblique angle.

4. The light of claim 3, wherein the housing includes a third surface arranged between the first surface and the front face, the third surface angled at a fifth oblique angle with respect to the front face, the fifth oblique angle different than the first oblique angle.

5. The light of claim 4, wherein the housing includes a first side face arranged between the first face and the second face, the first side face angled at a sixth oblique angle with respect to the front face, and wherein the housing includes a second side face arranged between the first face and the second face, the second face surface arranged opposite the first side face and angled at a seventh oblique angle with respect to the front face, and wherein the first side face is not parallel to the second side face.

6. The light of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a first side face arranged between the first face and the second face, the first side surface angled at a fourth oblique angle with respect to the front face, and wherein the housing includes a second side face arranged between the first face and the second face, the second side face arranged opposite the first side face and angled at a fifth oblique angle with respect to the front face, and wherein the first side face is not parallel to the second side face.

7. The light of claim 1, further comprising a pivot joint defining a first axis and a head including the front face, the light source, the lens and the first surface, the head coupled to the housing via the pivot joint and pivotable about the first axis between a first position and a second position.

8. The light of claim 7, further comprising a swivel joint defining a second axis arranged normal to the first axis, the swivel joint connecting the head to the pivot joint, the head rotatable about the second axis.

9. The light of claim 1, further comprising a magnet coupled to the housing and arranged on at least one of the first face, the second face, and the first surface.

10. The light of claim 1, further comprising a clamp member coupled to the housing and a biasing member disposed within the housing, the clamp member movable between a retracted position in which the clamp member is in contact with the housing and an extended position in which the clamp member is spaced apart from the housing, the biasing member operable to bias the clamp member toward the retracted position.

11. A light comprising:

a light head including a front face and a first surface, the light head movable between a first position and a second position, the first surface angled at a first oblique angle with respect to the front face;

a housing including a top face, a bottom face, a first side face, a second side face and a second surface arranged adjacent the bottom face, the light head movably coupled to the housing, wherein the first surface and the second surface are coplanar and oblique with respect to the front face when the light head is in the first position;

a plurality of LEDs arranged to emit light from the front face in a direction substantially normal to the front face;

a clamp member coupled to the housing and movable between a retracted position in which the clamp member is in contact with the housing and an extended position in which the clamp member is spaced apart from the housing; and

a biasing member disposed within the housing and operable to bias the clamp member toward the retracted position.

12. The light of claim 11, wherein the first side face is arranged at a second oblique angle with respect to the front face and the second side face is arranged at a third oblique angle with respect to the front face.

13. The light of claim 11, further comprising a pivot joint defining a first axis and wherein the light head including the LEDs is pivotably coupled to the housing via the pivot joint and pivotable about the first axis between the first position and the second position.

14. The light of claim 13, further comprising a swivel joint defining a second axis that is not parallel to the first axis, wherein the light head is rotatably coupled to the pivot joint via the swivel joint, the light head rotatable about the second axis.

15. The light of claim 14, wherein the pivot joint is arranged between the top face and the front face and wherein when the clamp member is in the retracted position, the clamp member is in contact with the first side face.

16. The light of claim 15, further comprising a magnet coupled to one of the top face, the bottom face, the first side face and the second side face.

17. The light of claim 16, further comprising a plurality of vents formed as part of the light head.

18. The light of claim 11, further comprising a damping member coupled to the clamp member and operable to resist movement of the clamp member.

19. The light of claim 18, wherein the damping member includes a viscous damper that provides a force that resists movement of the clamping member, the force being proportional to a rate of movement of the clamp member.

20. A light comprising:

a housing including a front face, a first face, a second face, and a first surface arranged between the first face and the front face;

a lens disposed in the front face;

a plurality of LEDs covered by the lens;

a power tool battery pack configured to provide power to the plurality of LEDs;

a clamp member coupled to the housing and movable between a retracted position in which the clamp member is in contact with the housing and an extended position in which the clamp member is spaced apart from the housing;

a biasing member disposed within the housing and operable to bias the clamp member toward the retracted position;

wherein the first face is angled at a first oblique angle with respect to the front face, the second face is angled at a second oblique angle with respect to the front face, and the first surface is angled at a third oblique angle with respect to the front face, wherein the first oblique angle, the second oblique angle, and the third oblique angle are different from one another.