Patent ID: 8348455

Claim:
An overhead reading lamp for a passenger seat, in particular in an aircraft cabin, comprising a first plurality of light sources, each of which emits light along a center line, a holding device, which immovably secures the first plurality of light sources disposed in a first row in such a way that the center lines of the light sources of the first plurality of light sources lie in a first plane and are inclined relative to one another, and an activation device, which is connected to the first plurality of light sources and devised to selectively activate in each case one of the light sources of the first plurality of light sources, a second plurality of light sources, each of which emits light along a center line, wherein the holding device immovably secures the second plurality of light sources disposed in a second row in such a way that the center lines of the light sources of the second plurality of light sources lie in a second plane and are inclined relative to one another, the second row is parallel to the first row, the light sources of the first and the second pluralities of light sources lie on an elliptical paraboloidal surface, and the first and the second planes intersect.