Patent ID: 9185776
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A63J,F21V,G10H,H05B

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a performer with a lighting effect in the form of upwardly directed illumination comprising: placing the housing of a foot-actuated lighting effect device on a support surface at a location adjacent to an area where a performer will be during a performance, the foot-actuated lighting effect device comprising a lamp mounted to the housing for selectively creating an upwardly directed lighting effect on or near the performer, a performer-foot-actuated lighting switch connecting the lamp to a power source when the lighting switch is in an on state, a performer-foot-actuated lighting mode switch, and a performer-foot-actuated illumination-aspect-select switch, all three switches mounted to the housing, the lighting mode switch comprising a plurality of operational modes; operating, by the performer using a foot of the performer, the lighting switch to place the lighting switch in the on state; selecting, by the performer using a foot of the performer, an operational mode using the lighting mode switch; operating, by the performer using a foot of the performer, the illumination-aspect-select switch according to a desired aspect of the upwardly directed illumination; and creating a lighting effect by the lamp, the lighting effect extending upwardly from the housing on or near the performer.