Wireless light assembly and kit

• US 10,182,489 B1
• Filed: 10/27/2017
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ontel Products Corporation
• Original Assignee: Trendstar Corporation
• Inventors: Israni, Rajesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens, Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kaiser, Syed M
• Application Number:
  US15/795,717
• Time in Patent Office: 445 Days
• Field of Search: 315291, 315294, 315191, 315224, 315307
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/20 Light sources comprising attachment means
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/036 by means of a rigid support, e.g. bracket or arm
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/02 the power supply being a battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/01 Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts F21V15/02 takes precedence housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/02 Wall, ceiling, or floor bases; Fixing pendants or arms to the bases F21V21/08 takes precedence; bases for movable standing lamps F21V21/06
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0471 the sensor detecting the proximity, the presence or the movement of an object or a person
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/10 comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A wireless light kit includes a wireless light unit that comprises a housing having an interior compartment that contains a processor and a power source and a light source that is powered by the power source and operatively connected to the processor. The kit also includes two different types of mounting back plates, namely a first back plate and a second back plate. The first back plate is configured to mate with the housing so as to cover at least a portion of the rear face of the housing and provide a mounting surface for mounting to a support surface, such as a wall. The second back plate is configured to mate with the housing so as to cover at least a portion of the rear face of the housing and further includes a stake extending outwardly therefrom and being configured for insertion into a ground surface for supporting the wireless light unit above the ground surface.

Claims

1. A wireless light comprising:

a housing having an interior compartment that contains electronics and a power source, wherein along a bottom of the housing, a ledge is formed and when the housing is oriented in a vertical position, there is an inner wall adjacent to and overhanging the ledge; and

a light source positioned along the ledge and configured to emit light in an outward direction from the ledge, wherein the inner wall is positioned and constructed so as to deflect the emitted light in a downward direction that is away from the inner wall.

2. The wireless light of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a pair of guide rails formed along opposing sides thereof.

3. The wireless light of claim 2, wherein side walls at the opposing sides of the housing include cutouts to provide access to the guide rails, wherein top ends of the guide rails are located adjacent walls that define upper ends of the notches.

4. The wireless light of claim 1, wherein the ledge extends from a first bottom corner to an opposing second bottom corner of the housing.

5. The wireless light of claim 1, wherein the inner wall is formed at a right angle relative to the ledge.

6. The wireless light of claim 1, wherein the inner wall extends across an entire width of the ledge.

7. The wireless light of claim 1, wherein the light source comprises at least one LED that is disposed within the ledge, the at least one LED being positioned and configured such that emitted light rays thereof contact and are deflected downward by the inner wall.

8. The wireless light of claim 7, wherein there is a plurality of LEDs that are spaced across and along the ledge.

9. The wireless light of claim 1, further including at least one sensor selected from the group consisting of a light sensor and a motion sensor.

10. The wireless light of claim 1, further including a back plate that is configured to mate with the housing so as to cover at least a portion of the rear face of the housing.

11. The wireless light of claim 10, wherein the back plate covers the entire rear face of the housing.

12. The wireless light of claim 10, wherein the back plate has a rear wall and a side wall that extends along select locations of a periphery of the rear wall.

13. The wireless light of claim 12, wherein the side wall is U-shaped in that the side wall extends partially along opposing side edges of the rear wall and completely along a bottom edge of the rear wall but not along a top edge of the rear wall.

14. The wireless light of claim 12, wherein the side wall includes a lip that is parallel to the rear wall so as to define a space therebetween, the guide rails of the housing being received within the space when the back plate is slidingly coupled to the housing.

15. The wireless light of claim 10, wherein the back plate has a stake that extends outwardly from one edge thereof.

16. The wireless light of claim 15, wherein the stake is inwardly tapered in a direction toward a pointed free end thereof and includes at least one rib formed along an outer surface of the stake.

17. A wireless light kit comprising:

a wireless light unit that includes;

a housing having an interior compartment that contains a processor and a power source, and

a light source that is powered by the power source and operatively connected to the processor;

a first back plate that is configured to mate with the housing so as to cover at least a portion of the rear face of the housing and provide a mounting surface for mounting to a support surface; and

a second back plate that is configured to mate with the housing so as to cover at least a portion of the rear face of the housing, the second back plate having a stake extending outwardly therefrom and configured for insertion into a ground surface for supporting the wireless light unit above the ground surface.

18. The kit of claim 17, wherein along a bottom of the housing, a ledge is formed and when the housing is oriented in a vertical position, there is an inner wall adjacent to and overhanging the ledge and the light source is positioned along the ledge and configured to emit light in an outward direction from the ledge, wherein the inner wall is positioned and constructed so as to deflect the emitted light in a downward direction that is away from the inner wall.

19. The kit of claim 17, wherein the stake is inwardly tapered in a direction toward a pointed free end thereof and includes at least one rib formed along an outer surface of the stake.

20. The kit of claim 17, wherein each of the first back plate and the second back plate has a rear wall and a side wall that extends along select locations of a periphery of the rear wall, the side wall being U-shaped in that the side wall extends partially along opposing side edges of the rear wall and completely along a bottom edge of the rear wall but not along a top edge of the rear wall.