Patent ID: 7370989

Claim:
An impact resistant assembly for a fluorescent task lamp, comprising: a housing configured as a hollow tubular handle, having a recess within an open first end of the housing for supporting a lens body and having a receptacle disposed within the first end of the housing for supporting at least one CFL bulb; a generally tubular lens body molded of a substantially clear plastic material, seated in the recess within the open first end of the housing and enclosing the at least one CFL bulb; an elongated spine member extending from a rearward side of the open first end of the housing approximately parallel to a longitudinal axis thereof and configured for slidingly supporting the lens body on a track formed along a rearward portion of the lens body; and a bulkhead formed of a resilient material having a relatively soft durometer and disposed within a distal portion of the lens body and configured for supporting and cushioning a distal end of the at least one CFL bulb.