Patent ID: 6099140
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: A45C,F21L

Abstract:
A lighting device for attachment to an upper edge of a thinly configured support structure for hands-free use in illuminating objects adjacent to the support structure, said lighting device comprisingan elongated opaque housing configured to hold a plurality of batteries in an end-to-end relation, said housing having a substantially horseshoe-shaped cross-sectional configuration and opposed bottom edges, said housing also having an upper battery compartment and a light compartment positioned below said battery compartment, said battery compartment and said light compartment each having opposed open ends;an elongated light-focusing lens positioned and secured between said opposed bottom edges;a plurality of batteries positioned within said housing and substantially filling said battery compartment, each of said batteries having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, said positive terminal of adjacent ones of said batteries being in contact with a negative terminal of the next adjacent one of said batteries;a plurality of incandescent light sources spaced apart within said light compartment of said housing a sufficient distance from one another to provide a broad beam of focused light through said lens upon activation of said light sources;an elongated reflector positioned between said batteries and said lens, said reflector extending substantially a full length of said housing, said reflector having an arcuate configuration adapted to maximally reflect light projected by said light sources toward said lens;electrical connection means adapted for connecting each of said light sources to said batteries;a plurality of clips connected to said housing and extending downwardly toward said lens;a pair of end caps configured for sealing said opposed open ends of said battery compartment of said housing and being connected to said housing;a pair of end covers configured for sealing said opposed open ends of said light compartment of said housing and being connected to said housing; andan on-off switch connected through the one of said end caps in a position opposed to an exposed one of said positive terminals of said batteries so that upon engagement of said switch an electrical circuit is completed to allow sufficient power to be drawn from said batteries for activation of said light sources and illumination of objects adjacent to the support structure to which said housing is attached.