Telescopic lantern

A telescopic lantern comprising:

• a base assembly including
• a housing having an upper platform defining an opening and
• a pair of electrical contacts;
• a power supply disposed within the base assembly and in electrical communication with the base assembly electrical contacts;
• a globe assembly that is telescopically movable, relative to the base assembly, from a collapsed OFF position to an extended ON position;
• a light assembly including
• a socket guide having
• an upper plate, having top and bottom faces and defining a central opening,
• a sleeve extending downward from the upper plate bottom face to a lower end portion, and
• a pair of electrical contacts mounted on the upper plate top face;
• a socket member having
• a socket segment,
• an extension segment extending downward from the socket segment, through the opening of the socket guide upper plate, to a lower end portion, and
• a pair of electrical contacts;
• a light bulb having
• a base mounted in the socket member socket segment and in electrical communication with the electrical contacts of the socket member, and
• a light source disposed above the socket member;
• a refractive sleeve extending from a lower end portion, engaging the socket guide upper plate top face, through the upper platform opening of the base assembly housing to an upper end, the refractive sleeve surrounding the socket member and the light bulb and being vertically moveable relative to the socket member and the light bulb;
• a socket support fixedly mounted to the upper platform of the base assembly housing and having
• a lower plate having a top face and
• a sleeve extending upward from the lower plate top face to an upper end portion engaged with the lower end portion of the socket member extension segment, whereby the socket support mounts the socket member in a fixed position relative to the base assembly;
• and
• a spring extending from an upper end, engaged with the bottom face of the socket guide upper plate, to a lower end, engaged with top face of the socket support lower plate;
• wherein the lantern is turned on by extending the globe assembly from the OFF position to the on position by pulling the globe assembly away from the base assembly, the spring force of the light assembly spring urging the socket guide and the refractive sleeve away from the socket support, whereby the socket guide electrical contacts contact the socket member electrical contacts and the base assembly electrical contacts, establishing an electrical connection between the light bulb and the power supply, and the lantern is turned off by collapsing the globe assembly from the ON position to the OFF position by pushing the globe assembly toward the base assembly, the globe assembly engaging the upper end of the refractive sleeve, whereby the pushing force overcomes the spring force of the light assembly spring and the globe assembly urges the refractive sleeve and socket guide toward the socket support, and the socket guide electrical contacts lose contact with the socket member electrical contacts and the base assembly electrical contacts, breaking the electrical connection between the light bulb and the power supply.