Patent ID: 8061858

Claim:
An image projection lighting device comprising a base housing; a yoke; a lamp housing; a video projector located inside the lamp housing, wherein the video projector has dimensions while located inside the lamp housing; a support device connected to the lamp housing, wherein the support device has a portion which supports the video projector, and which is configured to be moved to move the video projector from a first position in relation to the lamp housing to a second position in relation to the lamp housing which differs from the first position, wherein the support device is connected to the lamp housing when the video projector is in the first position and when the video projector is in the second position, and wherein the portion of the support device supports the video projector in both the first position and in the second position; wherein the lamp housing is remotely positioned in relation to the base housing by a motor; wherein the video projector is comprised of a video projector housing, a projector lens, a projector lamp, and a first light valve; wherein the first position is a video projector operating position and the video projector cannot be serviced in the video projector operating position; wherein the video projector can be serviced in the second position; wherein the support device is configured so that the portion of the support device can be moved to move the video projector from the first position to the second position without substantially changing the dimensions of the video projector; wherein when the video projector is in the first position, an access portion of the video projector is not exposed so that the access portion cannot be opened to remove a component used in image projection from inside the video projector; and wherein the movement of the portion of the support device, which moves the video projector from the first position to the second position, causes the access portion of the video projector to become exposed, so that the access portion can be opened, while the support device remains connected to the lamp housing and while the video projector remains in the second position and remains supported by the portion of the support device in the second position, to remove a component used in image projection from inside the video projector.