Method and Apparatus for Controlling Lighting Modules of a Multi-Element Portable Light
AssigneeAlliance Sports Group, L.P.
InventorsGregory Lee Horne, Jimmy Prieto
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Abstract
A lighting device having a first configuration wherein a first light source is exposed and a second light source is covered and a second configuration wherein the first light source is exposed and the second light source is exposed. The light device is enclosed in a rigid enclosure securing the lighting device in the second configuration. A power source is electrically coupled to the lighting device to provide power to the first light source and the second light source. A switch is coupled to the power source and the first and second light sources. The switch is configured to permit propagation of power from the power source to the second light source when the lighting device is in the second configuration.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a lighting device having (i) a first configuration wherein a first light source is exposed and a second light source is covered and (ii) a second configuration wherein the first light source is exposed and the second light source is exposed;
- an enclosure removably disposed about a portion of an exterior of the lighting device securing the lighting device in the second configuration;
- a power source electrically coupled to the lighting device to provide power to the first light source and the second light source;
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- a switch coupled to the power source and the first and second light sources configured to permit propagation of power from the power source to the second light source when the lighting device is in the second configuration.
A system for operating a lighting device, comprising:
- a hand-held lighting device having (i) a first configuration wherein a first light source disposed about a distal end of the lighting device that is exposed and a second light source is covered and (ii) a second configuration wherein the first light source is exposed and the second light source is exposed;
- wherein the direction of light propagated from the first light source is different than the direction of light propagated from the second light source;
- an enclosure removably disposed about an exterior portion of the lighting device, wherein the enclosure secures the lighting device in the second configuration;
- a power source electrically coupled to the lighting device to provide power to the first light source and the second light source;
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- a switch electrically coupled to the power source and the first and second light sources, wherein the first switch is activated to permit propagation of power from the power source to the second light source at least when the lighting device is in the second configuration and is activated to permit propagation of power from the power source to the first light source at least when the lighting device is in the first configuration.
A method of operating a lighting device, comprising:
- obtaining a lighting device, said lighting device enclosed in a removable enclosure, the lighting device comprising a first configuration wherein a first light source is exposed and a second light source is covered and a second configuration wherein the first light source is exposed and the second light source is exposed, wherein the removable enclosure secures the lighting device in the second configuration, wherein the lighting device further comprises a power source coupled to the first and second light source and a switch coupled to the first and second light sources and the power source, said switch configured to permit propagation of power from the power source to the first and second light source;
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- activating the switch to provide power to the second light source while the lighting device is within the removable enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.