Patent ID: 8864331

Claim:
A solar powered, illuminated planter box and saucer to be placed on a supporting surface comprising, in combination: a planter box having a bottom, side walls and an open top, a saucer having a top, said top having a recess adapted to carry said planter box, said recess having a side wall and a shoulder formed by the top of said side wall, a plurality of lights carried by said shoulder of said recess side wall, a diffuser carried on top of said shoulder of said recess side wall, said diffuser extending over said plurality of lights, said diffuser comprising a single, monolithic member to diffuse light and protect said plurality of lights, a wing mounted above said diffuser and having a generally flat surface forming a wing extending radially outwardly from said recess, solar collector means carried by said flat surface of said wing, means for directing output from each of said lights upwardly through said diffuser and onto said side wall of said planter box, and means for directing output from each of said lights downwardly, below said wing and onto said supporting surface whereby the output of each light is simultaneously directed upwardly toward said side wall of said planter box and downwardly toward said supporting surface of said saucer, creating indirect up lighting and indirect down lighting from each of said plurality of lights.