Fluorescent utility light

A fluorescent utility light comprising:

• a substantially closed hollow body having an upper light portion extending from a lower handle portion, said upper light portion having a lens opening formed therein;
• a lens releasably attached to said body and closing said lens opening, said lens having transparent walls including a front wall, a pair of side walls and a top wall;
• a fluorescent lamp socket retained in said body;
• a fluorescent lamp having a lower end received in said lamp socket and an upper end extending adjacent to said top wall of said lens, and positioned to shine light through said front wall, said side walls and said top wall of said lens, the light exiting said front wall and said side walls illuminating a relatively broad area;
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• a plurality of sawtooth ridges formed on an inner surface of said top wall of said lens for collecting light from said upper end of said fluorescent lamp and directing said collected light through said top wall to illuminate a relatively smaller area than the broad area.

A fluorescent utility light comprising:

• an elongated hollow body having an upper light portion extending upwardly from a curved lower handle portion, said upper light portion having a lens opening formed therein;
• a lens releasably attached to said body and closing said lens opening, said lens having a transparent top wall and at least one other transparent wall, said transparent top wall having an interior surface with a plurality of sawtooth ridges formed thereon and a pair of spaced apart tabs downwardly projecting from said interior surface;
• a lamp socket retained in said body;
• a fluorescent lamp inserted in said lamp socket and positioned adjacent said one other transparent wall of said lens, said lamp having an upper end retained between said tabs, said fluorescent lamp being removable from said body through said lens opening when said lens is detached from said body;
• a circumferential groove formed in an exterior of said body, said groove having a polygonal cross section providing a plurality of detent positions;
• a light holder clip including a magnet means for releasably attaching said body to a metallic surface, said light holder clip having a pair of legs releasably engaging said circumferential groove for selective rotation of said light holder clip about said body to each of said detent positions;
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• a hook mounted on said upper light portion of said body, said hook being movable between at least a storage position adjacent said body and an extended upper position away from said body whereby when said fluorescent lamp is connected to a source of electrical power, said fluorescent lamp generates light such that one portion of the light exits said body through said one other transparent wall to illuminate a relatively broad area and another portion of the light is collected by said sawtooth ridges and directed through said top wall of said lens to illuminate a relatively smaller area.