Patent ID: 7934846

Claim:
A welding helmet having an automatic lighting system which comprises: a) said welding helmet having a headband that fits upon a head of a welder, and a face shield with a viewing port having a light filtering window that pivots on said headband between a raised up non-shielding position and a lower down shielding position; and b) said automatic lighting system having a power source component, secured to a bottom interior surface of a top portion of said face shield, and an illumination component secured to a top exterior surface of said top portion of said face shield, wherein said power source component is electrically connected to said illumination component, wherein when said face shield is pivoted to the raised up non-shielding position said power source component will de-energize said illumination component, and when said face shield is pivoted to the lower down shielding position said power source component will energize said illumination component to produce a light beam from said illumination component, so that the welder can see through said light filtering window of said face shield at an area to be welded or alternatively better perceive his surroundings and a work area, wherein said power source component comprises at least one battery and a gravity sensitive tilt switch electrically connected in a series circuit with said at least one battery, wherein said power source component further comprises an on/off power switch electrically connected in a series circuit with said at least one battery, wherein said power source component further comprises a female socket electrically connected an output of said power source component.