Patent ID: 8485699
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
1. A self-positioning light fixture comprising: an elongated body for vertical positioning on a horizontal surface, said elongated body including an upper elongated support and a rounded bottom self-righting segment, said self-righting segment having a larger diameter than said upper elongated support, a bulb receiving lamp socket assembly mounted on an upper end of said elongated support for electrical connection to a power source, said self-righting segment including a counterweight sized to effect self-positioning of the elongated body vertically on said horizontal surface and to return it to said vertical position when tip-tipped away therefrom, said elongated body including a pair of elongated body portions, said elongated body portions each having an elongated lamp support portion and a larger diameter rounded bottom portion, said elongated body portions each defining a vertical parting plane along an elongated side of the lamp support portion and bottom portion thereof, said elongated body portions being releasably mateable relative to each other along said vertical parting planes with said parting planes extending the length of the elongated body axially through the elongated body; and releasable fasteners for securing said body portions together in assembled mated relation along said parting plane.