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US 5,203,622 AGranted
Remote control lighting unit
OwnerKeith Sottileinventor
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Abstract
The invention is an illuminating device for television remote control. The device has a small support base for attachment to the underside of remote control units and at least one bendable arm that is offset from the center of the remote unit. The arm supports a lighting apparatus at the top of the arm. The device may be battery powered and the bendable arm provides for a variety of positions for the lighting means.
Claims4
An illuminated remote control unit comprising:
- a flat, planar support base having a top surface, an undersurface, a front edge, a back edge and a centerline starting at said front edge and running to said back edge, a bendable support arm in connection with said front edge and extending above said top surface, said arm offset to one side of said centerline, an infrared (IR) emitting device in connection with said top surface and having a front portion having an IR emitter located about near a center of said front portion and in line with said centerline, illuminating means in connection with said support arm for illuminating said IR emitting device, battery-powered electrical source in connection with said illumination means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.