Patent ID: 6851827

Claim:
A lantern comprising: a case having a plurality of walls defining a case interior, the plurality of walls including opposing front and rear walls; a lighting port formed through the front wall; a faceplate assembly disposed in the case interior in substantial registration with the lighting port and with the faceplate assembly engaging a portion of the front wall surrounding the lighting port to seal the lighting port; a solid-state illuminator assembly disposed in the case interior in substantial registration with the faceplate assembly, the solid-state illuminator assembly being in contact with the faceplate assembly; and a bracing arrangement disposed intermediate the solid-state illuminator assembly and the rear wall, the bracing arrangement being in contact with the solid-state illuminator assembly and being configured to restrict rearward movement of the solid-state illuminator assembly and the faceplate assembly, wherein the faceplate assembly comprises: a substantially transparent faceplate having forward and rearward faceplate surfaces and a faceplate circumference, the faceplate being substantially planar and being sized and configured to cover and close the lighting port from the case interior, and an elastomeric faceplate seal disposed around the circumference of the faceplate, the faceplate seal having a forward lip in contact with the forward faceplate surface and a rear lip in contact with the rearward faceplate surface.