Impact resistant housing system for a fluorescent task lamp

A housing assembly for a fluorescent task lamp, comprising:

• a housing configured as a hollow tubular handle, having a recess within an open first end of the housing for supporting a lens body and having a receptacle disposed within the first end of the housing for supporting at least one CFL bulb;
• a generally tubular lens body molded of a substantially clear plastic material, seated in the recess within the open first end of the housing and enclosing the at least one CFL bulb;
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• an elongated tubular spine member extending from a rearward side of the open first end of the housing and inclined by a predetermined inclination angle forward of a longitudinal axis of the housing and configured for slidingly supporting the lens body along at least one rail formed along a rearward portion of the lens body or along the elongated tubular spine.

A housing assembly for a fluorescent task lamp, comprising:

• a housing configured as a hollow tubular handle, having a recess within an open first end of the housing for supporting a lens body;
• a receptacle disposed within the open first end of the housing, for connecting first and second CFL bulbs to a ballast circuit enclosed in the housing, the receptacle adapted to orient the first and second CFL bulbs at a predetermined alignment angle such that an enhanced forward emission field is produced;
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• a generally tubular lens body molded of a substantially clear plastic material, seated in the recess within the open first end of the housing and enclosing the first and second CFL bulbs;
• wherein the housing is formed at a second end opposite the first open end to include an integral base having a substantially flat bottom for supporting the fluorescent task lamp in an upright orientation during use.

A housing assembly for a fluorescent task lamp, comprising:

• a housing configured as a hollow tubular handle, having a recess within an open first end of the housing for supporting a lens body;
• a receptacle disposed within the open first end of the housing, for connecting first and second CFL bulbs to a ballast circuit enclosed in the housing, the receptacle adapted to orient the first and second CFL bulbs at a predetermined alignment angle such that an enhanced forward emission field is produced;
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• a generally tubular lens body molded of a substantially clear plastic material, seated in the recess within the open first end of the housing and enclosing the first and second CFL bulbs;
• wherein the housing is formed at a second end opposite the first open end to include a strain relief for an AC power cord that rotates, about a pivot supported proximate the second end of the housing, between an orientation normal to a centerline of the housing and parallel to the centerline of the housing.

A housing assembly for a fluorescent task lamp, comprising:

• a housing configured as a hollow tubular handle, having a recess within an open first end of the housing for supporting a lens body;
• a receptacle disposed within the open first end of the housing, for connecting first and second CFL bulbs to a ballast circuit enclosed in the housing, the receptacle adapted to orient the first and second CFL bulbs at a predetermined alignment angle such that an enhanced forward emission field is produced;
• a generally tubular lens body molded of a substantially clear plastic material, seated in the recess within the open first end of the housing and enclosing the first and second CFL bulbs;
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• an elongated tubular spine member extending upward from the open first end of the housing and inclined by a predetermined inclination angle disposed in a forward direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the housing and configured for slidingly supporting the lens body along at least one rail formed within the lens body or in the elongated spine member.