Patent ID: 7056006

Claim:
A nightlight comprising: a casing having an aperture in a front side thereof; a plug that extends from a rear side of the casing and connects the nightlight to an alternating current (AC) power source; a light bulb that is illuminated by the AC power source and provides illumination through the aperture in the front side of the casing; an electric motor mounted in the casing, said motor having a shaft that extends through the front side of the casing proximate to the aperture illuminated by the light bulb; and a design disk that mounts on the shaft and rotates with the shaft, said design disk having a radius that causes a portion of the disk to cover the lighted aperture in the front side of the casing when the disk is mounted on the shaft, said rotating design disk having a design thereon, wherein at any one time, a portion of the design that is in front of the lighted aperture is visible when the rotating design disk is viewed from the front side of the nightlight.