IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0600966
(2006-11-16)
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등록번호 |
US-RE41628
(2010-09-27)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Barbeau, Stefane E.
- Smith, Duane B.
- Drumm, Donald E.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
10 인용 특허 :
76 |
초록
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An autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system includes a set of one or more self-standing rechargeable lighting fixtures (luminaries) removably supported on a recharging and support member. The luminaries each include a light diffusor that may resemble a candle that turn on when removed from the rech
An autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system includes a set of one or more self-standing rechargeable lighting fixtures (luminaries) removably supported on a recharging and support member. The luminaries each include a light diffusor that may resemble a candle that turn on when removed from the recharging and support member. The luminaries may also turn on when power to the recharging and support member is turned off, turning the luminaries on automatically as during a power failure. The luminaries may each be inductively coupled to the recharging and support member, which enables to provide an aesthetically pleasing interface free of electrical contacts.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. An autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system, comprising: a wall mountable recharging base adapted to removably support a set of luminaries including a first circuit coupled to each luminary of said set of luminaries supported thereby operative in response to supplied AC pow
What is claimed is: 1. An autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system, comprising: a wall mountable recharging base adapted to removably support a set of luminaries including a first circuit coupled to each luminary of said set of luminaries supported thereby operative in response to supplied AC power to provide a charge signal to each luminary of said set of luminaries; and a set of luminaries each having a light emitting element connected to a rechargeable battery pack via a second circuit operative in one mode to charge said rechargeable battery pack in response to said charge signal when each said luminary of said set of luminaries is supported by said wall mountable recharging base and operative in another mode to activate said light emitting element in response to the absence of said charge signal, whereby, each said luminary of said set of luminaries lights if removed from said wall mountable recharging base and is turned “off” if received on said wall mountable recharging base. 2. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 1, wherein said first circuit includes a manually actuated switch, and wherein each said luminary of said set of luminaries lights if no AC power is supplied in response to turning off said manually actuated switch. 3. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 1, wherein each said luminary of said set of luminaries lights if no AC power is supplied in response to an AC power service failure. 4. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 1, wherein the set of luminaries includes one or more luminaries. 5. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 4, wherein each luminary of said set of luminaries is inductively coupled to said charge signal provided by said first circuit of said recharging platter. 6. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 1, wherein, each luminary of said set of luminaries is self-standing and includes a front face diffusor. 7. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 1, wherein said wall mountable charging base has at least one projection adapted to support a luminary and wherein each luminary of said set of luminaries has an opening adapted to be supported by each said at least one projection. 8. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 7, wherein each said projections and openings is generally cylindrically shaped. 9. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 8, wherein each said projection has a free end, and further including a diffuser mounted to said free end. 10. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 1, wherein said wall mountable charging base is a wall plug mountable charging base. 11. An autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system, comprising: a charging base removably supporting a set of luminaries including a charge circuit providing a charge signal to each luminary of said set of luminaries supported by said base; a set of luminaries each including a lamp and a rechargeable battery pack connected to said lamp; and autoilluminating means coupled to each luminary of said set of luminaries and responsive to said charge signal for lighting said lamp of each luminary in response to non-detection of said charge signal, and for turning said lamp of each luminary “off” in response to detection of said charge signal, whereby, each said luminary of said set of luminaries lights if removed from said base and is turned “off” if supported thereby. 12. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 11, wherein said set includes one or more luminaries. 13. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 11, wherein said charging base is a wall mountable charging base. 14. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 13, wherein said wall mountable charging base is a wall plug mountable charging base. 15. An autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system, comprising: a charging subassembly adapted to removably support a set of luminaries including a first circuit coupled to each luminary of said set of luminaries when supported thereon operative in response to supplied AC power to provide a charge signal to each luminary of said set of luminaries when supported thereon; a sensor to provide a seat signal representative that each luminary of said set of luminaries is supported on said charging base subassembly; and a set of luminaries including one or more luminaries, each luminary having a light emitting element connected to a rechargeable battery pack via a second circuit operative in one mode to charge said rechargeable battery pack in response to said charge signal when each luminary of said set of luminaries is supported thereon and operative in another mode to activate said light emitting element in response to the absence of said seat signal, whereby, each said luminary lights if removed from said charging subassembly, does not light if no AC power is supplied to said charging subassembly when supported thereon, and does not light if there is no charge signal when supported thereon. 16. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 15, wherein said set includes one or more luminaries. 17. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 15, wherein said charging subassembly is a charging base, and the autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system further includes a cover removably mounted to said charging base. 18. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 17, further including a cover removably mounted to said charging base. 19. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 17, further including a handle mounted to said charging base. 20. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 15, further including a switch mounted to at least one said luminary of said set of luminaries to independently turn it on/off. 21. An autoilluminating lamp system, comprising: a base member adapted to removably support at least one rechargeable lamp member receivable on and removable from said base member; at least one lamp member each including a light having an “on” and an “off” state powered by a power source, each said at least one lamp member is adapted to be received on and removed from said base member; and an autoilluminating circuit coupled to each said at least one lamp member operative in one mode in response to receipt of each said at least one lamp member on said base member adapted to removably support at least one lamp member each adapted to be received on and removed from said base member to place said light of each said at least one lamp member received on said base member in its “off” state, and operative in another mode in response to removal of each said at least one lamp member from said base member adapted to removably support at least one lamp member each adapted to be received on and removed from said base member to place said light of each said at least one lamp member removed from said base member in its “on” state; whereby, each said at least one lamp member lights if removed from said base member and de-lights if received on said base member. 22. The autoilluminating lamp system of claim 21, wherein each said at least one lamp member is a rechargeable lamp member; and wherein said power source of each said at least one rechargeable lamp member is a rechargeable battery. 23. The autoilluminating lamp system of claim 22, further including a charge circuit adapted to provide a charge signal in response to supplied AC power; and wherein said autoilluminating circuit operative in response to receipt of each said at least one lamp member on said base member is further operative in said one mode to apply said charge signal to said rechargeable battery of each said at least one rechargeable lamp member received on said base member. 24. An autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system comprising: a set of luminaries each having a light emitting element connected to a rechargeable battery pack, the set of luminaries including one or more luminaries; a recharging support, each of the set of luminaries being engagable with and supportable by the recharging support, the recharging support providing a charge to each of the set of luminaries engaged therewith in response to power supplied to the recharging support; each of the set of luminaries including an auto-illuminating circuit electrically responsive to the charge of the recharging support for turning the luminary on or off. 25. The autoilluminating rechargeable lamp system of claim 24 wherein each luminary supported on the recharging support is inductively coupled by the presence of the power from the recharging support, the inductive coupling providing the charge for charging the battery pack, and the auto-illuminating circuit responsive to the inductive coupling for turning the luminary off and responsive to an absences of the inductive coupling to turn the luminary on. 26. A lamp system comprising: a set of luminaries each having a light emitting element and a battery pack connected thereto, the set of luminaries including one or more luminaries; a support for engaging and supporting the luminaries and providing an electrical signal to each of the luminaries engaged therewith, wherein the luminaries are electrically responsive to said electric signal to determine an “on” or “off” state for the light emitting element. 27. The lamp system of 26 wherein the support is wall mountable. 28. The lamp system of 26 wherein the support and each of the luminaries include respective electric contacts engagable when the luminary is engaged with the support, the support providing the electrical signal to each of said luminaries via the electric contacts. 29. The lamp system of 26 wherein the support provides the electrical signal to each of the luminaries via one or more induction circuits, the signal being provided when the luminary is engaged with the support. 30. The lamp system of 26 wherein the battery pack is rechargeable, and the support provides power to the battery pack when the luminary is engaged with the support. 31. A lamp system comprising: a set of luminaries including one or more luminaries, each luminary having a light emitting element connected to a rechargeable battery pack; a wall-mountable recharging support having a first portion positionable proximate to a wall and a second portion extending at least partially laterally to the first portion for supporting each of the luminaries, each of the set of luminaries being engagable with the recharging support to receive power from the recharging support for charging the battery pack thereof, the recharging support providing a charge to each of the set of luminaries engaged therewith in response to power supplied to the recharging support; each of the set of luminaries including an auto-illuminating circuit responsive to the power from the recharging support for turning the luminary on or off. 32. The lamp system of claim 31 wherein each luminary is responsive to a presence of the power from the recharging support to turn off. 33. The lamp system of claim 31 wherein each luminary is responsive to an absence of the power from the recharging support to turn off. 34. The lamp system of claim 31 wherein each luminary includes a mechanically-responsive manually actuated switch, and, to turn the luminary on or off, the luminary responds via the electrically-responsive auto-illuminating circuit to a presence or an absence of the power from the recharging support and responds via the manually actuated switch. 35. The lamp system of claim 34 wherein the manually actuated switch has a first position opening a mechanically-activated circuit so that the luminary is off. 36. The lamp system of claim 35 wherein the manually actuated switch has a second position closing the mechanically-activated circuit, and, with the manually actuated switch in the second position, the luminary is turned on in the absence of the power from the recharging support and is turned off in the presence of power from the recharging support. 37. The lamp system of claim 31 wherein each luminary supported on the recharging support is inductively coupled by the presence of the power from the recharging support, the inductive coupling providing power for charging the battery pack, and the auto-illuminating circuit responsive to the inductive coupling for turning the luminary off. 38. An autoilluminating lamp system comprising: a set of luminaries including one or more luminaries, each luminary having a first circuit, a light emitting element, a rechargeable battery pack connected to the light emitting element via the first circuit, and a second circuit for receiving electrical power for charging the battery pack; a recharging support providing electrical power to the second circuit, wherein the recharging support is adapted to be mounted on a wall for receiving electrical current, the recharging support adapted to support each of the luminaries thereon, and the luminaries being responsive to the received power from the recharging support to open or close the first circuit to turn the luminary off or on, respectively. 39. The autoilluminating lamp system of claim 38 wherein the first circuit includes a non-mechanical switch, the non-mechanical switch being opened or closed by the second circuit in response to an absence or presence of electrical power being delivered by the recharging support. 40. The autoilluminating lamp system of claim 38 wherein the recharging support includes a first portion positionable against or proximate to a wall and a second portion extending at least partially laterally to the first portion for supporting each of the luminaries. 41. The autoilluminating lamp system of claim 38 wherein each luminary supported on the recharging support is inductively coupled by the presence of the power from the recharging support, the inductive coupling providing power for charging the battery pack, and the second circuit responsive to the inductive coupling for opening the first circuit to turn the luminary off. 42. The autoilluminating lamp system of claim 38 wherein the recharging support has at least one projection adapted to support a luminary and wherein each luminary of said set of luminaries has an opening adapted to be supported by each the at least one projection. 43. The autoilluminating lamp system of claim 42 wherein each projection and each opening are generally cylindrically shaped. 44. The autoilluminating lamp system of claim 43 wherein each said luminary has a free end including a diffuser.
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