Patent ID: 8033694
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: F21V

Abstract:
1. A collapsible lighting device comprising: a. a container having a base portion and a lid portion, said portions adapted to contain an initial volume and adapted to be reversibly moved from a closed position to an open position, said base and lid portions comprising a translucent plastic material; b. at least one light source disposed in said container; c. a collapsible envelope of a diffuser material disposed in said container, and adapted to be reversibly moved from a contained position defining a contained volume within said container when said container is in said closed position, to a deployed position wherein said collapsible envelope of a diffuser material defines a volume greater than said contained volume and extending outside said container, when said container is in said open position, said collapsible envelope of a diffuser material having a cylindrical shape around said at least one light source when in said deployed position; and d. a frame adapted to be reversibly moved from a closed position to an open position, and to maintain said collapsible envelope of a diffuser material in said deployed position when said container is in said open position, said frame adapted to be collapsed into said container when said container is in said closed position.