Patent ID: 8152323

Claim:
A portable electric light, comprising: a spherical housing comprising a first housing portion and a second housing portion, said first and second housing portions respectively comprising first and second screw threads; said first and second housing portions comprising a releasable threaded interconnection between said first and second screw threads; an elastomeric seal disposed between said first and second housing portions providing a water-tight seal therebetween when said first and second housing portions are interconnected via said releasable threaded interconnection; said first housing portion comprising a light transmitting spherical surface portion; a manually-activated switch provided in said spherical housing; a battery disposed within said spherical housing; a light emitting diode provided in said housing powered by said battery and controlled by said manually-actuated switch; and said light having an eccentric center of gravity such that when said light is at rest on a flat horizontal surface, said light emitting diode projects a beam of light through said light transmitting spherical surface portion and upwardly from said horizontal surface.