Portable floodlight and stand

In a portable floodlight of the type comprising an open front housing containing a lamp mounted therein, a lens covering said open front housing, a wire guard covering said lens, and a support stand to which said lamp housing is connected, the improvement whereby said support stand comprises a top portion forming a chamber thereunder, and a plurality of legs extending downwardly therefrom, a support boss extending upwardly from said top portion and having an upper end, and a pivotal connection means for mounting said housing onto the upper end of said boss, and wherein said support stand further includes a cover-plate mounted to said stand beneath said top portion and extending between said plurality of legs forming a protective chamber between said cover-plate and the underside of said top portion, a plurality of electrical connection terminals mounted within said protective chamber for connecting wiring from said lamp to an outside source of power.

A lamp enclosure for portable floodlights of the type comprising a housing with rear, top, bottom and side walls and an open front, said enclosure further comprising said open front housing covered by a glass lens, said housing including an inverted U-shaped wire handle extending upwardly from the top wall thereof, a pair of spaced retainers formed into the top wall of said housing and each of said retainers including an opening therein through which a respective lower outer extension of said wire handle extends, each of said retainers including a locking slot in a wall thereof adjacent said opening, whereby, when the legs of said handle are urged outwardly into said locking slots, said wire handle assumes an operative position in which said wire handle is held upright, and, when said legs of said wire handle are removed from said slots, said wire handle assumes a shipping position wherein said handle may be rotated downwardly against the top wall of said housing.

In a portable floodlight of the type comprising an open front housing containing a lamp mounted therein an including a bottom wall disposed below the lamp, a lens covering said open front housing, a wire guard covering said lens, and a support stand to which said lamp housing is connected, the improvement whereby said support stand comprises a top portion forming a chamber thereunder, and a plurality of legs extending downwardly therefrom, a support boss extending upwardly from said top portion and having an upper end, and a pivotal connection means for mounting said housing onto the upper end of said boss, and wherein said pivotal connection means comprises a stem extending upwardly from said boss, a slot in said bottom wall of said housing through which said stem extends, and a connector clip;

• said connector clip being resiliently attached to an upper end of said stem and causing said boss to frictionally engage said housing.