Patent ID: 7021787

Claim:
A light comprising: a light housing; a stake member coupled to the light h-ousting for supporting the light housing; a cavity disposed within the stake member; a rechargeable electrical power source disposed within the cavity; a lighting element disposed within the light housing and being conductively coupled to the rechargeable electrical power source; a solar energy system carried by the light housing, the solar energy system being adapted to collect solar energy and convert the solar energy into electrical energy, the solar energy system being conductively coupled to the rechargeable electrical power source, such that the solar energy collected and converted into electrical energy recharges the rechargeable electrical power source; an additional solar energy system located remotely from the light housing, and not carried by the light housing or physically-integrated therewith, but being connected to said rechargeable electrical power source by an electrical cable, the additional solar energy system being adapted to collect solar energy and convert the solar energy into additional electrical energy, the additional solar energy system being conductively coupled to the rechargeable electrical power source, such that the additional solar energy collected and converted into electrical additional energy recharges the rechargeable electrical power source; and wherein said electrical cable is sufficiently long to permit said additional solar energy system to be located distally from said light housing in a different ambient light condition.