Patent ID: 7549785

Claim:
An AC night lighting system, comprising: an A/C electrical power source having at least a hot wire and a neutral wire; an electrical power switch connected in line with said hot wire; a wall switchplate cover adapted for housing said electrical power switch, having a front face and a rear face wherein said front face has a generally rectangular, planar raised central area and a peripheral edge tapering toward the rear face; a plurality of heat stake posts extending normally from said back face; at least four lens receiving orifices formed therethrough said cover; at least four concave lens assemblies residing in the wall plate lens receiving orifices, adjacent said front face, a lens chamber extending normally from about an edge of said lens receiving orifices; at least two interface wires; a U shaped printed circuit board; a 1 watt per six square inch heat limited switch bypass circuit having at least four light emitting diodes, at least eight resistors, at least four 0.01 to 0.1 μF capacitors, and at least one 1 amp/400 volt diode disposed thereon said U shaped printed circuit board so as to form an array of electrically connected components connected by said interface wires to the hot wire of said A/C electrical power source on each side of said switch so as to operate in parallel with said switch on said A/C electrical power source when said switch is open; and a plurality of heat stake orifices formed through said circuit board; wherein said circuit board is affixed to said rear face of said wall switchplate cover by said heat stake posts that extend through said heat stake orifices and are heat welded onto said circuit board, and wherein the chamber is capable of receiving at least a portion of the light emitting diode, such that, light from the light emitting diode passes though the lens to illuminate an area around the switch when said electrical power switch is open.