Patent ID: 7938555

Claim:
An emergency preparedness lamp, comprising: circuitry arranged to provide power to power a light source and to recharge one or more rechargeable batteries to a substantially fully charged state, the circuitry being configured to sense a power outage and to power the light source with said rechargeable batteries in response to sensing the power outage, the circuitry including transistors, resistors and diodes, the light source including one or more light emitting diodes and a reflector positioned to reflect back light striking the reflector from said light emitting diodes in a direction away from the reflector; a first housing that contains at least part of the circuitry, the first housing having a base and elevating the light source above the base as the base is stationary on an external surface; and a second housing containing the light source and said rechargeable batteries, the second housing having a first position attached to the first housing in which said rechargeable batteries are rechargeable by the circuitry and a second position detached from the first housing in which said rechargeable batteries provide power to the light source.