Switch plate area light

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2009-03-20

2010-12-14

Sawhney, Hargobind S (Department: 2885)

Illumination

With switch plate or socket

C362S096000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07850322

ABSTRACT:
A switch plate area light for attachment to an electrical box includes a body having a first aperture adapted to accommodate an element selected from a switch and an outlet, a second aperture adapted to accommodate a screw for attaching the body to the electrical box, and a third aperture located at a light-directing portion of the body. The light further includes a light emitting diode (LED) located in the third aperture, wherein the third aperture is adapted to receive the LED. The light also includes a driver circuit, connected with the LED and mounted on the body, the driver circuit having a pair of wires to be interconnected with the circuitry of the electrical box without the removal of the electrical box, wherein no ground wire is used to connect the driver circuit, and a load borne by the element is not activated when the LED is on.

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