Patent ID: 8052311

Claim:
A pull-down self-supportive lighting device mounted on a hand-reachable ceiling, the lighting device comprising: a retracting unit mounted above an opening on said hand-reachable ceiling, said retracting unit comprising a winding reel, one or more power springs, an externally-activated lock-and-release mechanism, an illuminating unit disposed in a retracted position adjacent said retracting unit, said illuminating unit having an underside substantially flush with said hand-reachable ceiling and a non-protruding finger-handle disposed above said underside, said illuminating unit being coupled to an electric system and controlled by an electric switch, a gooseneck of predetermined internal structure having a first end and a second end, said gooseneck of predetermined internal structure being connected at said first end to said illuminating unit and at said second end to said retracting unit, said gooseneck of predetermined internal structure enclosing electric wires, whereby a user can pull down said illuminating unit from said retracted position adjacent said retracting unit to a lower position closer to a targeted area, whereby said gooseneck of predetermined internal structure holds fixed in place said illuminating unit in said lower position closer to a targeted area while feeding electricity thereof, whereby the user can activate said externally-activated lock-and-release mechanism so that said retracting unit retracts said illuminating unit to said retracted position.