Patent ID: 7497603
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: F21V,F21W

Abstract:
1. A lighting unit, comprising: a housing; and a device for an attachment of a softbox, wherein the device for the attachment of the softbox is integrated in said housing and has at least three hollow cylinders residing in respective channel portions of the housing, each of the at least three hollow cylinders serving as receptacles of one softbox rod, respectively; wherein each of the at least three hollow cylinders slides relative to the respective channel portion of the housing in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the respective hollow cylinder, said longitudinal axis being orthogonal to a main optical axis of the lighting unit and each of the at least three hollow cylinders acting in concert with a locking device to be manually set in a locked position and an adjustable position without additional tools, and wherein in the locked position, the locking device locks the hollow cylinder into at least one position, and in the adjustable position, the hollow cylinder slides in the direction of the respective longitudinal axis to a different position.