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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
May. 22, 2006
Donald R. Sandell, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald R. Sandell, San Jose, CA (US);
EML Technologies LLC, Danville, CA (US);
Abstract
A worklight with spare bulb storage that is integrated storage into the existing worklight framework. Many worklights have one or more worklight heads supported on a base, which includes one or more generally hollow elongate cross bar structural support members. The spare bulb holder is integrated into the one or more of the cross bar structural support members and includes one or more spare-bulb retainers and a retainer support piece. The retainer itself has an elongate extent with an end cap at one end and is formed to hold an individual elongate double-ended halogen bulb. The retainer support piece is retained in an end of a cross bar structural support member and has at least one opening sized so that the retainer can be inserted through it into the cross bar structural support member. The end cap on the retainer is formed to close the opening through the retainer support piece and to be held securely within the opening when the retainer is inserted into the cross bar structural support member. In a preferred embodiment the retainer support piece is formed of a single plastic piece that is shaped to be merely pressed into an open end of a cross bar structural support member that is already necessarily present in the worklight assembly.