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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7850324 | Backlight chassis, a backlight unit, and a display device A backlight chassis that is capable of preventing an unusual noise caused by vibrations of a backlight unit or a tubular lamp houses tubular lamps arranged behind a display panel via optical sheets. The backlight chassis includes lamp holding members provided on a l... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7802896 | Hidden torchiere floor lamp A floor lamp which is constructed of a plurality of elongated members having a plurality of rings affixed to an interior surface of each of the elongated members to provide a substantially circular arrangement with a translucent shade extending substantially along t... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7370989 | Impact resistant housing system for a fluorescent task lamp An impact resistant assembly for a handheld fluorescent task lamp, comprising a housing configured as a hollow tubular handle; a generally tubular lens body molded of a substantially clear plastic material, seated in a recess within a first end of the housing and en... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367689 | Adjustable working light with magnet An adjustable light includes a base member, which is a shell-like member, having a circuit board and a battery set therein and having a pivot portion and a magnet at an end thereof. The base member can be attracted on a surface, which is made of a magnetic attractio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364320 | Flashlight with pivotal legs A handheld flashlight includes a head that pivots relative to a body. Three legs pivotally connect to the body and open into a tripod to support the head in an elevated position. The legs are spring-biased toward the open tripod position and are selectively held clo... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7342360 | Flashlight A handheld flashlight includes a head that pivots relative to a body. Three legs pivotally connect to the body and open into a tripod to support the head in an elevated position. The legs are spring-biased toward the open tripod position and are selectively held clo... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7309147 | Flashlight A flashlight includes a body, a flashlight head assembly, and a switch assembly. The body includes a first end securable to the flashlight head assembly, a second end, and a substantially cylindrical portion between the first end and the second end. The switch assem... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306349 | Work light A light device is provided having an elongate body that has a high strength construction. The high-strength light device is especially well-suited for use as a work light. The work light includes a high-strength body that has a handle and an elongate light-transmiss... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7252401 | Photoluminescent tube system A plurality of signal wands having a handle and a signaling portion comprising photoluminescent material and a high visibility pigment are stored in a lighted receptacle for use in either high light or low light conditions. Openings provided in one wall of the recep... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249947 | Venting chassis for a containerized candle The venting chassis is designed to function optimally with jar candles that have small diameter mouths, and jar candles that have oddly shaped, non-cylindrical or smaller sized jars. The venting chassis includes an annular skirt that is dimensioned to extend below t... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7220016 | Flashlight with selectable output level switching A flashlight has a lamp, a power source, two switches, and a controller connected to the switches. The first switch controls delivery of power to the lamp, and the second switch selects a dimmed brightness level. The first switch may invoke the dimmed level, or a ma... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220013 | Rechargeable flashlight and battery assembly for single-handed intermittent and continuous operation A flashlight has a head assembly with a charging member extending laterally to an external charging contact and a barrel slidably housing a battery assembly. A tail assembly having a slidable actuating member is positioned in abutment with the battery assembly. A co... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201491 | Fluorescent task lamp with optimized bulb alignment and ballast A handheld fluorescent task lamp comprising a housing assembly having a housing and a tubular lens body enclosing compact fluorescent bulbs, an elongated spine configured for slidingly supporting the lens body, and a resilient bulkhead for cushioning the compact flu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186002 | Flashlight with selectable output level switching A flashlight having a lamp, a power storage element, a switch, and an electronic controller. The controller has a switch input connected to the switch and operates in response to the input to deliver power from the power storage element to the lamp. The controller m... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175424 | Indoor/outdoor patio heater fire sculpture The present invention is an indoor/outdoor patio heater which includes a base portion housing a gas source, a gas burner, gas valve, a fan under the burner to create twisting flame patterns and a liquid pump, a pair of concentric see-through tubular portions dispose... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7147343 | Flashlight A flashlight has a lens moveable relative to an LED. The beam of light provided by the LED can be focused and provides a uniform light pattern across the range of focus. The lens is supported on a front housing section and the LED is supported on a back housing sect... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7097448 | Vortex type gas lamp A vortex type gas lamp comprising a base and an axially extending-transparent shield. Gas is supplied near the bottom end of the shield. The shield is formed of a plurality (preferably two) axial curved sections which overlap one another at their axial edges to form... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093954 | Flashlight having LED assembly and method for producing same A flashlight is provided having a housing, a reflector and a light source, such as an LED. Preferably, an alignment structure is provided for aligning the LED with the focal axis of the reflector. For instance, the LED may be fixed to a circuit board, and the flashl... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7021782 | Illuminated safety apparatus and base A safety apparatus having a base, a wand coupled to the base, and an illumination source retained by the wand. The base may include a recess to retain the illumination source, or an additional illumination source. The base may also include a port and a hollow interi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994451 | Lighting head assembly with improved optical control A novel lighting assembly that incorporates a high brightness light emitting diode (LED) in a compact assembly for further integration into a lighting device is provided. The lighting head assembly of the present invention provides several novel aspects that are all... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6960320 | Oil burning lamps and related systems An exemplary oil burning lamp comprises a reservoir configured for storing a supply of oil, a base, a burner tube and a wick. The base is being sized and shaped to receive the reservoir. The burner tube is movably mounted to the reservoir between a retracted positio... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6854861 | Telescopic universal flashlight A pleated bellows universal flashlight comprises a handle, a post and an illuminator. A battery and a power switch is installed in the handle; an upper side of the handle is extended with the post. An interior of the post is received with a conductive wire; the cond... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6827474 | Flame lamp with light pipe A candle, lantern, or the like, having one or more light pipes. Reception faces of the light pipes gather light from the flame arena, and emission faces of the light pipes emit the gathered light at another location. The other location may be an exterior surface of ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6808290 | LED flashlight assembly An LED flashlight assembly includes a body, a battery seat mounted in the body and provided with a plurality of LEDs, and a lamp seat mounted on the body and formed with a plurality of through holes for passage of the LEDs of the battery seat. The lamp seat is forme... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6758575 | Decorative apparatus and method of manufacture A decorative apparatus comprises a primary container defined by an upper portion and a lower portion. The primary container has an opening defined in the upper portion. A secondary container comprises a cap and a reservoir body extending therefrom. The secondary con... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6672742 | Candle shade A candle shade includes a sleeve adapted to receive a top end of a candle and a shade element coupled to the sleeve and surrounding the candle adjacent the top end. The sleeve has at least one spacing element on its interior surface to space the sleeve fr... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6652116 | Flashlight with a spare battery holder A portable flashlight or lantern has a main body for housing a primary source of electrical power, such as batteries and a light bulb operationally connected to the batteries. A secondary housing is detachably secured on the main body for holding a spare ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6568829 | Flashlight A portable flashlight having an elongated battery housing member that holds one or more batteries. A switch, which turns on and off a bulb, is mounted on the elongated battery housing member. A supporting member is connected to a proximal end of the elong... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6550936 | Prism lantern Prism Lantern with a pair of concentric glass cylinders, the first the cylinder being approximately three and one half inches in diameter and eight and one half inches tall, the second the cylinder being approximately three and three eighths inches in dia... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6520660 | Flashlight having mechanism for preventing electrical contact members thereof from rusting A flashlight having a mechanism for preventing electrical contact members thereof from rusting comprises a battery frame including a plurality of slanted flexible bifurcation members for receiving one or more batteries, each bifurcation member having a re... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6329927 | Alert light An alert device that includes a tubular encasement holding battery powered marking light, a compass and a whistle, the tubular encasement and whistle are threadedly interconnected and rotating the whistle of the device with respect to the tubular encaseme... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6276811 | Projector and its telescopic post The problem of the present invention resides in providing a projector having a telescopic post which is easy to deal with a multiple stage structure, capable of setting illumination devices at high positions, sufficiently considering also of safety and ex... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6272239 | Digital image color correction device and method employing fuzzy logic A digital image color correction device and method employing fuzzy logic, for correcting a facial tone image portion of a digital video image is provided. The device is a pixel fuzzifier unit (1) receiving in input a stream of pixels belonging to a sequen... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6161949 | Replica flame A replica flame for simulating a flame on a wick extending from a top of a candle positioned in a candlestick. The replica flame includes a three-dimensional flame body and a rigid pin connected to extend from a base side of the three-dimensional flame bo... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5558422 | Decorative fiber optic light A light for providing illuminated holiday decorations. The inventive device includes a fiber optic light string having a plurality of elongated optical radiators extending from a fiber optic cable. A light assembly generates illumination for dispensing th... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5228771 | Transparent table lamp A table lamp that utilizes a fuel cell having a hollow glass or plastic envelope that includes an elongated body section joined to an expanded base by a pinched neck, and a flame shield mounted upon the top of the body section. The fuel cell has an elonga... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5222797 | Multi-chamber chemiluminescent optical display device The instant invention teaches the use of conventional chemiluminescent constituents, admixed or separated, disposed within at least two juxtapose chambers in a parallel or helically woven pattern. The chamber each containing a distinct color that when vie... | 06/29/1993 |
| 4782432 | Multi-function light A multi-function portable illuminating device in which plural lamps, such as a spotlight, a fluorescent light and a strobe light, are disposed within a housing and are selectively connected to a rechargeable battery. The battery may be charged by conventi... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4600974 | Optically decorated baton This invention relates to a baton comprising a transparent tube and an active or passive light-emitting tube of a smaller diameter disposed substantially coaxially within the transparent tube, which combination is sealed at two extremities thereof. The an... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4209823 | Pyrotechnic light source Light source utilizing pyrotechnic and phosphorescent materials to provide a sustained glow or light. The device includes an elongated tubular casing of light transmissive material, a core of pryotechnic material within the casing, and a phosphorescent ma... | 06/24/1980 |
