Patent ID: 7059737

Claim:
Floating light ( 1 ) comprising: a light base ( 2 ) that receives at least one light source; a light screen ( 3 ) connected to the light base ( 2 ) and surrounding the light source, having an aperture ( 4 ) for connection with the light base ( 2 ), and a closed, substantially spherical surface; a seal or a sealing element ( 5 ) between the light base ( 2 ) and light screen ( 3 ) which forms a sealed contact area ( 6 ), the sealed contact area ( 6 ) between the light screen and the light base adapted for being located below a surface ( 7 ) of a liquid which receives the floating light ( 1 ) in a use position; at least one fastening element ( 8 ) attached to the light screen ( 3 ), adapted to extend in the use position under the surface ( 7 ) of the liquid and adapted to be anchored or anchorable; and a plurality of fastening places ( 9 ), for connection to the at least one element or tension elements, arranged on a periphery of the light screen in a region which in the use position is situated beneath a greatest horizontal diameter of the light screen, wherein the at least one fastening element ( 8 ) connects to at least one of the fastening places ( 9 ) in the use position.