Patent ID: 7121688

Claim:
A box light comprising a housing having first and second clamshell-halves each having a lamp face and an opposite exterior surface, at least one lamp and its protective enclosure mounted in each of said lamp faces, and said each of said lamp faces having at least one lamp-receiving aperture, said clamshell-halves rotatably mounted to one another by a first hinge for rotation relative to another about said first hinge between a closed position wherein said lamp faces are in closely adjacent opposed facing relation and said exterior surfaces are oppositely disposed, and selectively positionable open positions exposing said lamp faces so that an included angle between said lamp faces is selectively positionable up to where said clamshell-halves are folded back on one another about said first hinge so that said lamp faces are oppositely disposed whereby said at least one lamp on said lamp faces shine outwardly and oppositely of said housing when electrically powered, and wherein in said closed position said at least one lamp and its protective enclosure on each of said first and second clamshell-halves is aligned and mated with said lamp-receiving aperture on said opposed facing lamp faces so as to insert at least said protective enclosure of each of said at least one lamps into mating engagement with corresponding said lamp-receiving apertures in said opposed facing lamp faces.