Portable light having deployable legs

A portable light comprising:

• a generally rectangular base including a source of electrical power and having a generally rectangular part of an exterior surface thereof configured for being placed upon a supporting surface;
• a light source supported on a pole supported by said generally rectangular base;
• an electrical switch connecting said light source to the source of electrical power for selectively energizing said light source to produce light;
• two deployable legs pivotably supported proximate adjacent exterior corners of said generally rectangular base, said two deployable legs being pivotably deployable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the part of the exterior surface of said generally rectangular base to extend away from said generally rectangular base in a plane substantially parallel to the part of the exterior surface of said generally rectangular base and adjacent to the supporting surface on which the part of the exterior surface of said generally rectangular base is placed when said portable light is placed on the supporting surface;
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• a brace pivotably supported at a first end by one of said two deployable legs and having a second end configured for engaging a second one of said two deployable legs, whereby said brace when engaged substantially fixes said two deployable legs in predetermined deployed positions relative to said generally rectangular base,
• whereby said two deployable legs when deployed and connected by said brace cooperate with the part of the exterior surface of said generally rectangular base to define a three point stabilizing structure for said portable light.

A portable light comprising:

• a generally rectangular base including a source of electrical power and having a generally rectangular part of an exterior surface thereof configured for being placed upon a supporting surface, said generally rectangular base also having two opposing longer generally rectangular exterior sides and two opposing shorter generally rectangular exterior sides that are joined at their respective ends to respective ends of the two opposing longer generally rectangular exterior sides;
• an extendable pole pivotably supported on the exterior surface of said generally rectangular base so as to be deployable away from said generally rectangular base and stowable adjacent to said generally rectangular base;
• a light source supported on an end of said extendable pole distal from said generally rectangular base;
• an electrical switch connecting said light source to the source of electrical power for selectively energizing said light source to produce light;
• two pivotable joints on the exterior of said generally rectangular base, a first of said two pivotable joints being near the joined ends of a first of the two opposing longer generally rectangular exterior sides and a first of the two opposing shorter generally rectangular exterior sides, and a second of said two pivotable joints being near the joined ends of a second of the two opposing longer generally rectangular exterior sides and the first of the two opposing shorter generally rectangular exterior sides,
• whereby said two pivotable joints are near adjacent exterior corners of said generally rectangular base near opposite ends of the first of the two opposing shorter generally rectangular exterior sides;
• two deployable legs pivotably supported respectively by said two pivotable joints proximate the adjacent exterior corners of said generally rectangular base, said two deployable legs being pivotably deployable to extend away from said generally rectangular base and adjacent to the supporting surface on which the part of the exterior surface of said generally rectangular base is placed when said portable light is placed on the supporting surface, and being stowable adjacent to respective ones of the two opposing longer generally rectangular exterior sides;
• whereby said two deployable legs when deployed cooperate with the part of the exterior surface of said generally rectangular base to define a three point stabilizing structure for said portable light.