LIGHTING DEVICE
A lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device can include a base, an elongated light bar, and extendable arms connecting the elongated light bar to the base. A long axis of the elongated light bar can be substantially perpendicular to long axes of the extendable arms. The extendable arms can be rotatable relative to the base around a first rotation axis. The elongated light bar can be rotatable relative to the extendable arms around a second rotation axis. The first and second rotation axes can be substantially parallel to the long axis of the elongated light bar. The lighting device can be collapsible into a compact configuration with, for example, the elongated light bar positioned adjacent to a front surface of the base and the extendable arms positioned, respectively, adjacent to side surfaces of the base. The elongated light bar can include two or more light emitting diodes.
1 . A lighting device, comprising:
a base;
an elongated light bar including two or more light emitting diodes, and having a long axis between a first end and a second end;
a first extendable arm connecting the elongated light bar to the base, and having a long axis between a first end and a second end; and
a second extendable arm connecting the elongated light bar to the base, and having a long axis between a first end and a second end, wherein the long axis of the elongated light bar is substantially perpendicular to the long axes of the first and second extendable arms, the first and second extendable arms are rotatable relative to the base around a first rotation axis, the elongated light bar is rotatable relative to the first and second extendable arms around a second rotation axis, the first and second rotation axes are substantially parallel to the long axis of the elongated light bar, and the lighting device is collapsible into a compact configuration with the long axes of the first and second extendable arms substantially parallel to a support or mounting surface.
2 . The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-sectional profile of the base in a plane substantially perpendicular to the long axis of the elongated light bar has a height-to-width ratio from about 1:3 to about 1:20.
3 . The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the base includes a battery compartment.
4 . The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the base includes a storage compartment.
5 . The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second extendable arms are telescoping.
6 . The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting diodes are positioned behind a substantially transparent, window, and the length of the substantially transparent window is between about b 50 % and about 100% of the length of the elongated light bar.
7 . The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the base is shaped substantially as a rectangular solid.
8 . The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the range over which the first and second extendable arms can be rotated around the first rotation axis is restricted.
9 . The lighting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first extendable arm support connected to a first side surface of the base and a second extendable arm support connected to a second side surface of the base, wherein the first and second extendable arm supports are shaped to releaseably secure the first and second extendable arms, respectively, to the base when the lighting device is in the compact configuration.
10 . The lighting device according to claim 9 , wherein the first and second extendable arm supports restrict rotation of the first and second extendable arms, respectively, around the first rotation axis.
11 . The lighting device according to claim 1 , wherein the base includes a mounting clip.
12 . The lighting device according to claim 11 , wherein the mounting clip is spring-loaded to retract into a mounting clip recess within the base.
13 . A lighting device, comprising:
a base having a first side surface and a second side surface;
an elongated light bar including two or more light emitting diodes, and having a long axis between a first end and a second end;
a first extendable arm having a long axis between a first end and a second end, the first end of the first extendable arm being connected to the first side surface of the base, and the second end of the first extendable arm being connected to the first end of the elongated light bar; and
a second extendable arm having a long axis between a first end and a second end, the first end of the second extendable arm being connected to the second side surface of the base, and the second end of the second extendable arm being connected to the second end of the elongated light bar, wherein the long axis of the elongated light bar is substantially perpendicular to the long axes of the first and second extendable arms, the long axis of the elongated light bar is substantially perpendicular to the first and second side surfaces of the base, the long axes of the first and second extendable arms are substantially parallel to the first and second side surfaces of the base, the first and second extendable arms are rotatable relative to the base around a first rotation axis, the elongated light bar is rotatable relative to the first and second extendable arms around a second rotation axis, and the first and second rotation axes are substantially parallel to the long axis of the elongated light bar.
14 . The lighting device according to claim 13 , wherein the base includes a battery compartment.
15 . The lighting device according to claim 13 , being collapsible into a compact configuration with the first and second extendable arms positioned adjacent to the first and second side surfaces of the base, respectively.
16 . The lighting device according to claim 15 , further comprising a first extendable arm support connected to the first side surface of the base and a second extendable arm support connected to the second side surface of the base, wherein the first and second extendable arm supports are shaped to releaseably secure the first and second extendable arms, respectively, to the base when the lighting device is in the compact configuration, and the first and second extendable arm supports restrict rotation of the first and second extendable arms, respectively, around the first rotation axis.
17 . The lighting device according to claim 13 , wherein the base has a top surface substantially perpendicular to the first and second side surfaces of the base and a front surface substantially perpendicular to the top and first and second side surfaces of the base, and the lighting device is collapsible into a compact configuration with the long axes of the first and second extendable arms substantially perpendicular to the front surface of the base and the elongated light bar positioned adjacent to the front surface of the base.
18 . The lighting device according to claim 17 , wherein the elongated light bar, the first extendable arm, and the second extendable arm do not substantially project beyond the top surface of the base when the lighting device is in the compact configuration.
19 . A lighting device, comprising;
a base having a first side surface and a second side surface;
an elongated light bar including two or more light emitting means for producing light, the elongated light bar having a long axis between a first end and a second end, the long axis of the elongated light bar being positioned substantially perpendicular to the first and second side surfaces of the base;
extension means for extending the elongated light bar away from the base;
first hinge means for allowing the position of the elongated light bar to be rotated relative to the base around a first rotation axis substantially parallel to the long axis of the elongated light bar; and
second hinge means for allowing the elongated light bar to be rotated relative to the first hinge means around a second rotation axis substantially parallel to the long axis of the elongated light bar.
20 . The lighting device according to claim 19 , further comprising mounting means for releasably attaching the base to another object.