House lighting device

A house number light comprising:

• a first post having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is adapted to be mounted to a surface to support the first post and the second end is distal from the first end;
• a light bar, mechanically coupled to the second end of the first post, comprising a light source;
• a light shade mechanically coupled to the second end of the first post or the light bar, wherein the first post comprises a first side between the first and the second end, the first end comprises a flat plate, which extends under the light shade, such that when the flat plate is mounted to the surface to support the first post, the flat plate is positioned between the light shade and the surface and the flat plate does not extend to a position that is not between the light shade and the surface, and the light shade does not extend laterally beyond the flat plate at a side of the house number light, the light shade is formed of a material that is opaque, the light shade comprises a first surface, a portion of the first surface faces towards the first end of the first post and the surface, the first surface of the light shade is reflective and has a substantially conic section shape that is adapted to reflect light emitted from the light source substantially towards the surface and substantially focus the light emitted from the light source in a wave front that has a substantially rectangular-shape, the light shade comprises a second surface that is an opposite surface of the light shade relative to the first surface of the light shade, a portion of the second surface of the light shade faces substantially away from the first post and the surface, and the light shade is adapted to block light emitted from the light source from traveling in a direction away from first post and the surface;
• a first power source coupled to the light source;
• a second power source coupled to the light source, wherein the second power source is located inside a central opening formed in the first post and is electrically coupled to the light source;
• and
• a control circuit, located inside the central opening formed in the first post, connected between the first power source and the light sources and connected between the second power source and the light sources, wherein:
• the control circuit is configured to electrically couple one of the first and the second power sources to the light sources at a time,
• if the first power source is electrically coupled to the light sources, electrical energy is provided by the first power source passes through the control circuit to the light sources and the second power source is electrically uncoupled from the light sources, and
• if the second power source is electrically coupled to the light sources, electrical energy is provided by the second power source passes through the control circuit to the light sources and the first power source is electrically uncoupled from the light sources.

A light comprising:

• a first post having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is adapted to be mounted to a surface to support the first post and the second end is distal from the first end;
• a light bar, mechanically coupled to the second end of the first post, comprising a light source;
• a light shade mechanically coupled to the second end of the first post or the light bar,
• wherein the first post comprises a first side between the first and the second end, the first end comprises a flat plate, which extends under the light shade, such that when the flat plate is mounted to the surface to support the first post, the flat plate is positioned between the light shade and the surface and the flat plate does not extend to a position that is not between the light shade and the surface, the light shade is formed of a material that is opaque, the light shade comprises a first surface, a portion of the first surface faces towards the first end of the first post and the surface, the first surface of the light shade is reflective and has a substantially parabolic shape that is adapted to reflect light emitted from the light source substantially towards the surface and substantially focus the light emitted from the light source in a substantially rectangular-shaped wave front, the light shade comprises a second surface that is an opposite surface of the light shade relative to the first surface of the light shade, a portion of the second surface of the light shade faces substantially away from the first post and the surface, and the light shade is adapted to block light emitted from the light source from traveling in a direction away from first post and the surface;
• first power source coupled to the first post;
• a second power source inside the first post;
• and
• a control circuit connected between the first power source and the light sources and connected between the second power source and the light sources, wherein:
• the control circuit is located within the first post;
• the control circuit is configured to electrically couple one of the first and the second power sources to the light sources at a time,
• if the first power source is electrically coupled to the light sources, electrical energy is provided by the first power source passes through the control circuit to the light sources and the second power source is electrically uncoupled from the light sources, and
• if the second power source is electrically coupled to the light sources, electrical energy is provided by the second power source passes through the control circuit to the light sources and the first power source is electrically uncoupled from the light sources.