Telescopic lantern

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2006-04-04

2006-04-04

Ward, John Anthony (Department: 2875)

Illumination

Self powered lamp

Dome, globe or wire guard or lamp bulb cover

C362S205000, C362S363000, C362S450000, C362S802000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07021788

ABSTRACT:
A lantern includes a base assembly, a light assembly and a globe assembly that is telescopically movable, relative to the base assembly, from a collapsed OFF position to an extended ON position. The base assembly includes a housing having an upper platform and a pair of electrical contacts connected to a power supply within the base assembly. The light assembly includes a socket guide, a socket member, an actuating element, a socket support and a spring. The socket guide has an upper plate having a pair of electrical contacts mounted on the upper plate top face. The socket member has a socket segment for receiving the base of a lighting element, an extension segment extending downward through an opening in the socket guide upper plate, and a pair of electrical contacts electrically connected with the lighting element. The actuating element extends from a lower end portion, engaged with the socket guide upper plate top face, through an opening in the upper platform of the base assembly housing to an upper end. The socket support is fixedly mounted to the base assembly housing and has lower plate and an extension element extending upward to an upper end portion engaged with a lower end portion of the socket member extension segment. The spring extends from an upper end, engaged with the bottom face of the socket guide upper plate, to a lower end, engaged with top face of the socket support lower plate.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5758949 (1998-06-01), Van Deursen
patent: 6030094 (2000-02-01), Sedovic et al.
patent: 6305820 (2001-10-01), Poon

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