Lamp that can be thrown

• US 4,480,294 A
• Filed: 12/06/1982
• Issued: 10/30/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alberto Carboni
• Original Assignee: Alberto Carboni
• Inventors: Carboni, Alberto
• Primary Examiner(s): Lechert, Jr., Stephen J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Locker, Howard J.
• Application Number:
  US06/447,122
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• Field of Search: 362/186, 362/806, 362/189, 362/96, 362/102, 362/200, 362/310, 362/311, 362/318, 362/320, 362/251, 362/352, 362/355, 362/367, 362/184, 362/295, 362/307, 362/360, 362/375 , 362/376, 362/390
• US Class Current: 362/184
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 2/00 Systems of electric lighting devices systems employing both electric and non-electric light sources or exchangeable light sources F21L27/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/04 Resilient mountings, e.g. shock absorbers shock absorbing devices of vehicle headlamp housings B60Q1/0491; in general F16F15/04

Abstract

A lamp can be thrown alight from a distance by the person using it. The lamp comprises a polyhedral casing, made of shockproof material, inside which is housed a source of light that emits pluridirectional beams.

Claims

1. A lamp that can be thrown, comprising a casing having a plurality of sides assembled in the shape of a polyhedron, made of shockproof material, one of said sides being formed with an indentation, a plurality of transparent screens respectively mounted in said sides in recessed relation thereto, at least one source of light mounted firmly in the inside of the casing switch means mounted in said indentation for actuating said source of light, said source of light, when actuated, radiating through each of said screens, and said lamp, when thrown with said switch so actuated, providing illumination of the surroundings simultaneously in a plurality of directions through said screens.

2. A lamp according to claim 1 in which the source of light is constituted by a lamp for each screen in the polyhedral casing, further comprising a corresponding parabolic reflector for each lamp and at least one battery for supplying electricity to the lamps.

3. A lamp according to claim 1 in which the source of light is constituted by one single lamp and a corresponding battery for supplying electricity, the light being focused in the region of the screens in the polyhedral casing.

4. A lamp according to claim 1 in which said polyhedral casing is in the shape of a cube.