Patent ID: 9739429
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: F21L,F21V

Claim:
1. A light apparatus that is portable and self-sustaining, said light apparatus comprising: (a) a first solar panel for converting varying light into a varying solar electrical energy, said first solar panel having a first periphery; (b) a first solar panel housing disposed about said first solar panel first periphery; (c) a second solar panel for converting varying light into a varying solar electrical energy, said second solar panel having a second periphery; (d) a second solar panel housing disposed about said second solar panel second periphery; (e) a pivotal hinge disposed between a portion of said first solar panel housing and a portion of said second solar panel housing, wherein said pivotal hinge is operational to fold said first and second solar panels inward to be adjacent toward one another in a clam shell type arrangement in a closed state to minimize said light apparatus size and said pivotal hinge is operational to unfold said first and second solar panels outward away from one another to form a first plane as between said first and second solar panels in an open state, wherein said first and second solar panels receive the varying light in said open state only; (f) a storage structure capable of receiving electrical energy having a controlled current and voltage, storing electrical energy, and discharging electrical energy having fluctuating current and voltage, said storage structure having a plurality of receiving, storing, and discharging electrical energy cycles; (g) a structure that emits light via a consumption a stored electrical energy at a constant current and voltage; and (h) control circuitry that is in electrical communication with said first and second solar panels, said storage structure, and said structure that emits light, wherein said control circuitry has a first mode that is operable to receive said varying solar electrical energy and output a constant current and voltage electrical energy to said storage structure to maximize said storage structure plurality of said electrical energy cycles, said control circuitry has a second mode that is operable to receive said storage structure discharging electrical energy having fluctuating current and voltage and output a constant current and voltage to said structure that emits light for a consistent light brightness and maximum light emitting structure life.