NIGHT LIGHTING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPONENT KIT
First Claim
1. Apparatus for responding to motion by a person in a darkened room environment by providing sufficient light to enable that person to negotiate the environment, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a top, bottom, front, rear, and left and right sides, wherein at least the front and the left and right sides of the housing are provided with light apertures for permitting light from inside the housing to pass therethrough;
a light source disposed within the housing; and
a motion sensor disposed inside the housing,wherein the light source and motion sensor are electrically connected such that the light source is turned on only when motion is detected by the motion sensor in the darkened room environment, andwherein a sensor aperture is defined through one of said front, rear, left or right sides to permit a sensing field to be defined exteriorly of said housing for said motion sensor.
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Abstract
A night lighting device includes a battery powered motion activated lighting unit enclosed within a housing. The housing has walls with light apertures permitting light to escape and provide low level floor illumination. A front panel is pivotally attached to the housing. The front panel has an open peripheral frame and a rear wall set back from an edge of the frame. The open frame extends forwardly from and surrounds the rear wall. The rear wall includes light apertures and a sensor aperture. The open frame focuses the directivity of the motion sensor pattern due to the set back of the rear wall. The top overhang and side extensions of the frame prevent the motion sensing field from dispersing upwardly and laterally. Additionally, a kit is provided which includes the motion activated lighting device, a separate motion sensing lighting unit, and other components.
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20 Claims
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1. Apparatus for responding to motion by a person in a darkened room environment by providing sufficient light to enable that person to negotiate the environment, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing having a top, bottom, front, rear, and left and right sides, wherein at least the front and the left and right sides of the housing are provided with light apertures for permitting light from inside the housing to pass therethrough; a light source disposed within the housing; and a motion sensor disposed inside the housing, wherein the light source and motion sensor are electrically connected such that the light source is turned on only when motion is detected by the motion sensor in the darkened room environment, and wherein a sensor aperture is defined through one of said front, rear, left or right sides to permit a sensing field to be defined exteriorly of said housing for said motion sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A motion activated night lighting device, comprising:
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a housing including a front panel pivotally connected to said housing; and a battery powered lighting unit including a built-in motion sensor disposed within the housing; wherein the front panel comprises; an open peripheral frame portion with a rear wall portion set back from an edge of the open peripheral frame portion, said rear wall including a sensor aperture generally centered therein for accompanying said built-in motion sensor, and multiple light apertures surrounding the sensor aperture configured to permit light emitted from the lighting unit to escape from the housing to provide a low level of illumination along a floor surface, and wherein the sensor aperture permits a sensing field to be defined exteriorly of said housing for said motion sensor such that, in response to detected motion within said sensing field, the motion sensor activates the lighting unit to provide said low level of illumination along the floor surface.
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