Weatherproof solar pumpkin/cucurbit illuminator
OwnerRobert William Palmer, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A weatherproof solar illuminator and method for use with a carved cucurbit having an external housing with integral cucurbit flesh auger, power source, solar-activated charging panel, light emitting diode (LED) and clear lens at the end of the flesh auger to illuminate the cucurbit. The weatherproof solar illuminator is inserted and screwed down flush to the exterior surface of the cucurbit. The illuminating end of the weatherproof solar illuminator protrudes into the cavity of the carved cucurbit to illuminate the inside of the cucurbit. The flesh auger holds the weatherproof solar illuminator secure and flush to the exterior surface of the cucurbit. A concaved/curved bottom of the housing weatherproofs the opening of the cucurbit into which the apparatus is inserted.
Claims14
A weatherproof solar illuminator for use with a carved cucurbit, the weatherproof solar illuminator comprising:
- an external housing with an integral cucurbit flesh auger, the flesh auger being configured to secure the weatherproof solar illuminator to the carved cucurbit by augering the flesh auger into a surface of the carved cucurbit;
- a power source disposed within the external housing;
- a solar-activated charging panel coupled to the external housing and to the power source;
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- a light emitting diode (LED) with a clear lens disposed at an end of the flesh auger and configured to illuminate the carved cucurbit, the LED being electrically connected to the power source.
A weatherproof solar illuminator for use with a carved cucurbit comprising:
- a housing having a lower concaved/curved surface plate configured to rest flush against an outer surface of the carved cucurbit;
- a flesh auger integral with the housing and extending outwardly from the lower concaved/curved surface plate, said flesh auger being configured for insertion down-through a hole in said outer surface of said carved cucurbit to protrude into an interior cavity of said carved cucurbit;
- a light emitting diode (LED) secured to an end of said flesh auger, said flesh auger and LED being positioned perpendicular to the outer surface of the cucurbit;
- a power source component disposed within said housing and being electrically coupled to the LED;
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- a solar-activated charging panel disposed on an upper surface of the housing and electrically coupled to the power source component and configured to receive solar energy;
- wherein said flesh auger is configured to be screwed down into and through the outer surface of the carved cucurbit so as to secure said weatherproof solar illuminator to the outer surface of the carved cucurbit and such that the lower concaved/curved surface plate of the housing is flush against the outer surface of the carved cucurbit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.