Patent ID: 7163317
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W

Abstract:
1. Color-changing apparatus for a light assembly having a light source that generates a light beam in at least an axial direction, said color-changing apparatus comprising: a first lens and a second lens spaced apart therefrom, the first lens and the second lens positioned in a path defined by an axial direction of the light beam; at least a first filter flag formed of a first color, said first filter flag exhibiting along at least a portion of a length thereof a first range of first color-saturation gradations in the first color; at least a first filter-flag positioner for supportively positioning said at least first filter flag at least selectably at an angle offset from the axial direction of the light beam, said first filter-flag positioner for translating said first filter flag selectably to position a selected portion thereof in the light beam, a light-beam characteristic of the light beam dependent upon which portion of said first filter-flag forms the selected portion selectably positioned in the light beam; and wherein said first filter flag is positionable by said first filter-flag positioner between the first lens and the second lens.