Patent ID: 7360919
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: F21L,F21V,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A portable lighting device comprising: a main unit; a rechargeable power storage device housed in the main unit; and a lighting unit having a housing with opposite first and second sides, a light source located within the housing and arranged to irradiate light through the first side of the housing, and a solar panel located within the housing and arranged to be illuminated by ambient light incident on the second side of the housing, wherein the housing of the lighting unit is attached to the main unit for hinged and swiveling movement with respect to the main unit, the housing of the light unit rotating about (i) a first axis between a first position in which the housing of the lighting unit is adjacent to a lateral side of the main unit and the first side of the housing of the lighting unit is exposed so that light produced by the light source can be radiated and the solar panel is between the housing of the lighting unit and the lateral side of the main unit and cannot be illuminated by ambient light, and a second position in which the solar panel is exposed to ambient light, and (ii) a second axis, substantially perpendicular to the first axis, when the lighting unit is not in the first position, for directing the solar panel toward a source of ambient light.