Patent ID: 8192045

Claim:
A portable fluorescent lighting system comprising: a) an elongated corrugated panel for holding fluorescent light sources, said panel including a center subpanel, a pair of inner subpanels, each adjacent to opposite sides of said center subpanel and a pair of outer subpanels, each outer subpanel adjacent to a corresponding one of said inner subpanels; b) a first U channel coupled to said center subpanel and said inner subpanels at one end thereof; c) a second U channel coupled to said center subpanel and said inner subpanels at a second end thereof, said first and second U channels configured to engage said ends of said center subpanel and said pair of inner subpanels; d) a first pair of U channels coupled to opposite ends of a first one of said outer subpanels; e) a second pair of U channels coupled to opposite ends of a second one of said outer subpanels; f) a first pair of retention hinges coupled to said first U channel and said first pair of U channels; g) a second pair of retention hinges coupled to said second U channel and said second pair of U channels.