Patent ID: 7391182

Claim:
An autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system providing soft, candle-like ambient lighting about indoor and outdoor locations, comprising: a portable charging stand removably supporting a set of luminaries removably supported on the portable charging stand, wherein the portable charging stand and set of luminaries supported on the portable charging stand are freely movable to any indoor and outdoor location, allowing each luminary of the set of luminaries removably supported on the charging stand to be individually removed and placed in the environment of that location; said portable charging stand removably supporting said set of luminaries including a charge circuit providing a charge signal to each luminary of said set of luminaries supported by said stand; each said luminary of said set of luminaries providing the illumination and ambience of candles without suffering their undesirable disadvantages of self-consumption, smoke, unintended extinguishment and wax buildup, each said luminary of said set of luminaries including an electric lamp of illumination corresponding to that of a candle, a rechargeable battery pack connected to said lamp and a housing in which the lamp and rechargeable battery pack are mounted, wherein said housing in which the lamp is mounted includes a diffuser having a size and shape resembling a hand holdable candle, and wherein said diffuser having a size and shape resembling a hand holdable candle has a translucence of such transmission and diffusion as to simulate the soft ambience of a glowing candle when the lamp within the housing is lit; and autoilluminating means coupled to each luminary of said set of luminaries and responsive to said charge signal for lighting said lamp of each luminary in response to non-detection of said charge signal, and for de-lighting said lamp of each luminary in response to detection of said charge signal, whereby, each said luminary of said set of luminaries lights if removed from said portable charging stand and de-lights if supported thereby.