Lamp

• US 6,296,369 B1
• Filed: 05/10/2000
• Issued: 10/02/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jin-Po Liao
• Original Assignee: Jin-Po Liao
• Inventors: Liao, Jin-Po
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Shea, Sandra
• Assistant Examiner(s): NEILS, PEGGY A
• Application Number:
  US09/577,263
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• Field of Search: 362/186, 362/197, 362/198, 362/199, 362/363, 362/37.1, 362/399, 362/190, 362/191
• US Class Current: 362/186
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 7/00 Arrangement or adaptation of portable emergency signal devices on vehicles
• 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 21/406 for portable lighting devices

Abstract

A lamp includes a bowl-like base having a bottom and wall extending up from said bottom. A storage battery is mounted on the bottom of the base and two retaining plates extend up from opposite ends of the bottom of the base within the wall. The retaining plate includes a free end having a button mounted thereon. The button partially extends through the wall of the base. A hook is attached to the button and has a free end over the wall of the base. A printed circuit board is mounted on one of the retaining plates and is connected to the storage battery. A reflector is mounted on the base. A socket is mounted at the center of the reflector, and a bulb is received in the socket. The reflector and the bulb are connected to the storage battery. The open end of the globe having an edge corresponding to the wall of the base and abutting an edge of the wall to form a chamber. The side of the globe is translucent, and the top is transparent.

Claims

1. A lamp comprising:

a bowl-like base (10) having a bottom and a wall extending up from said bottom;

a storage battery (11) mounted on said bottom of said base (10);

two retaining plates (13) each extending up from opposite ends of said bottom of said base (10) within said wall of said base (10);

said retaining plate (13) having a free end having a button (132) mounted thereon, said button partially extending through said wall of said base (10);

a hook (133) attached to said button and having a free end over said wall of said base (10);

a printed circuit board (14) mounted in one of said retaining plates (13) and electrically connected to said storage battery (11);

a reflector (15) mounted on said base (10);

a socket (151) mounted at the center of said reflector (15) said socket (151) having a vertical periphery and a bottom each electrically connected to said printed circuit board (14);

a bulb (16) received in said socket (151), said bulb including two contact points respectively, an electrically contact with said vertical periphery and said bottom of said socket; and

a globe (20) having an open end, said open end of said globe (20) having an edge corresponding to said wall of said base (10) and abutting an edge of said wall to form a chamber;

said globe (20) having a translucent side (21) and a transparent top (22).

2. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base (10) includes a switch (103) and an indicator light (104) each mounted on said wall of said base (10).

3. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of said retaining plates (13) includes a slot (131) defined in one side thereof facing said storage battery (11) to receive said printed circuit board (14).

4. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base (10) includes:

two studs (101) extending from opposite ends of said wall of said base (10), each of said studs (101) having a through hole (106) defined therein;

a sleeve (102) securely mounted on said stud (101) and having multiple bosses (1021) extending out from the side;

a pivot device (17) pivotally mounted on said sleeve (102) and having a hole (171) defined to receive said sleeve (102); and

a connecting device (18) extending from said pivot device (17), said connecting device (18) being a hollow bar with an opening defined therein and a free end.

5. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base (10) includes multiple hollow supports (12) extending up from said bottom of said base (10) within said wall.

6. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein said globe includes the side forming a translucent portion (21) and a top forming a transparent portion (22).

7. The lamp as claimed in claim 4, wherein said pivot device (17) includes:

a retaining plug (174) inserted into said through hole (106) of said stud (101) to hold said pivot device (17) in place;

multiple convex ridge pairs (172) extending from the inside of said hole (171), each corresponding to one of said multiple boss (1021) of said sleeve (102); and

a groove (173) defined in said convex ridge pair (172) to receive said boss (1021) to hold said pivot device (17) in a specific angle.

8. The lamp as claimed in claim 4, wherein said connecting device (18) includes:

a first fastener (181) mounted in said free end of said connecting device (18);

a hollow bar (182) partially received in said connecting device (18) and having a first groove (184) longitudinally defined in one side to receive said first fastener (181), said bar (182) being held in place by said first fastener (181); and

a second fastener (183) mounted in the other end of the bar (182).

9. The lamp as claimed in claim 4 further comprising a U-shaped handle (30) having two ends each received in said connecting device (18) and having a second groove (301) defined to received said second fastener (183) therein.

10. The lamp as claimed in claim 5, wherein said reflector (15) is circular and has a convex face with multiple posts (152) extending down therefrom, each fastened in a corresponding support (12) of said base (10).

11. The lamp as claimed in claim 8, wherein said first fastener (181) is a bolt.

12. The lamp as claimed in claim 8, wherein said second fastener (183) is a bolt.