Patent ID: 6709121
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: F21V,G03B

Abstract:
A lightbank assembly, including a light source, a ring-shaped frame positioned around the light source, a flexible and collapsible reflective hood mounted on a plurality of support rods that extend forwardly and outwardly from their proximal ends adjacent the ring-shaped frame to their distal ends at a distance away from the ring-shaped frame, and a light diffuser panel mounted on the distal ends of the support rods to enclose an open end of the reflector hood, the lightbank assembly characterized by:a plurality of rod anchor blocks disposed around and attached in a pivotal relationship to the ring-shaped frame, each rod anchor block having an anchor hole for receiving and retaining the proximal end of one of the support rods and oriented so that pivotal movement of the rod anchor blocks in relation to the ring-shaped frame causes support rods mounted in the rod anchor blocks to move toward and away from a longitudinal axis that extends through the light source, ring-shaped frame, reflector hood, and diffuser panel; and a latch mechanism associated with each of the rod anchor blocks that releasably latches and restrains the rod anchor block against pivotal movement in relation to the ring-shaped frame when the rod anchor block is positioned with the support rod anchored therein extended to support the reflector hood and diffuser panel in outstretched, use configuration.