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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2002
Michael Souza, Fall River, MA (US);
Wilson Brunkhurst, N. Attleboro, MA (US);
John Ferreira, Fall River, MA (US);
Anthony Pacitto, East Providence, RI (US);
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Little Neck, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention pertains to a night light assembly which plugs directly into a wall receptacle to provide a beam of light that can be directed along different paths. The assembly comprises a base member having a plug with projecting blades for insertion into a wall receptacle, a light sensor for automatically controlling activation and de-activation of the lamp of the nightlight and cover member rotatably supported by the base member. The cover member includes a lens, a low wattage lamp located within a lamp support member. The low wattage lamp is coupled via sliding contacts to the PCB board-blade contacts assembly in the base member. This arrangement allows the cover member and lamp to rotated as a unit relative to the base member without limitation. The lamp support member is non-rotatably coupled to the cover member and is rotatably coupled to the base member. The longitudinal axis of the low wattage lamp located in the lamp support member is aligned along the rotational axis of the lens of the cover to maximize the amount of direct and reflected light that is passed through the lens in the cover without obstruction of light by the lamp base. The disclosed assemblage is a new improved night light of simple design which, in addition to providing increased light, can be manufactured and sold at relatively low cost.