Patent ID: 7510309

Claim:
A portable lighting assembly for illuminating a space-restricted region, said portable lighting assembly comprising: a base plate having a centrally registered longitudinal axis and a pair of oppositely registered linear edges equidistantly spaced from the axis, said linear edges extending parallel to the axis and further extending along an entire longitudinal length of said base plate, each of said linear edges being provided with an L-shaped flange portion monolithically formed therewith and contiguously extending along an entire longitudinal length thereof, said flange portions terminating at a predetermined distance above a top surface of said base plate and defining a gap therebetween respectively; a plurality of light fixtures adjustably positional along said base plate, each of said light fixtures having a light-emitting diode housed therein; a plurality of slots formed within said base plate, each of said slots having first, second, third and fourth segments aligned along independent and equidistantly offset quadrants such that each of said light fixtures is positional along first, second, third and fourth passageways respectively; means for sliding said light fixtures within said slots such that each of said light fixtures is independently adaptable along a plurality of non-intersecting paths defined intermediately of said linear edges respectively; means for releasably and independently locking each of said light fixtures within corresponding ones of said slots such that each said light fixture is statically coupled to an alternate one of said slots during operating conditions; and means for removably under mounting said linear edges to a bottom surface of a support, wherein said light fixtures are freely positional along said corresponding slots after said linear edges have been attached to the support.