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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jorge M. Parra, New Port Richey, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/100 ;
Abstract
A cane and umbrella lighting system comprising a tubular shaft incorporating a housing having one or more openings formed in one or more walls thereof, a light-producing gas discharge lamp, a source of a high-frequency square-wave voltage having a pair of output terminals and substantially LC-free circuit connecting high-frequency square wave voltage to the gas discharge means to non-thermionically excite and illuminate the gas discharge lamp means, and thereby illuminate one or more openings.