MODULAR LIGHTING DEVICE KIT
A modular lighting device kit is disclosed. The kit can include first and second elongated light-source modules that contain light-emitting diodes. The elongated light-source modules can be physically and electrically connectable either directly or through one or more intervening elements. This connection can be made without the use of tools, such as via coaxial electrical couplings. When connected to each other, the elongated light-source modules can be rotatable around rotation axes parallel to their long axes. In addition, when connected to a power source, power for the second elongated light-source module can flow through the first elongated light-source module. The modular lighting device kit also can include a base module with a power switch. When assembled, a mounting clip shaped to wrap around a portion of the first elongated light-source module can be used to hold the first elongated light-source module in place without restricting its rotation.
1 . A modular lighting device kit, comprising:
a first elongated light-source module having a long axis between a first end and a second end and including two or more light-emitting diodes, the second end of the first elongated light-source module including a male or female half of a coaxial electrical coupling; and
a second elongated light-source module having a long axis between a first end and a second end and including two or more light-emitting diodes, the first end of the second elongated light-source module including a male or female half of a coaxial electrical coupling, wherein the first and second elongated light-source modules are physically and electrically connectable either directly or through one or more intervening elements such that the first and second elongated light-source modules are rotatable around rotation axes parallel to the long axes of the first and second elongated light-source modules, respectively, and, when connected to a power source, power for the second elongated light-source module flows through the first elongated light-source module.
2 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 1 , wherein the male or female half of the coaxial electrical coupling of the second end of the first elongated light-source module is directly connectable to the male or female half of the coaxial electrical coupling of the first end of the second elongated light-source module, and a rotation interface between the first elongated light-source module and the second elongated light-source module is an interface between the male or female half of the coaxial electrical coupling of the second end of the first elongated light-source module and the male or female half of the coaxial electrical coupling of the first end of the second elongated light-source module.
3 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 1 , wherein, when connected, the first and second elongated light-source modules each are rotatable 360° around their respective rotation axes.
4 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second elongated light-source modules are connectable without the use of tools.
5 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 1 , further comprising a coupler module having a first end with a male or female half of a coaxial electrical coupling and a second end with a male or female half of a coaxial electrical coupling, wherein the coupler module is connectable between the second end of the first elongated light-source module and the first end of the second elongated light-source module.
6 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 5 , wherein the coupler module defines an angle, and, when the first elongated light-source module, the coupler module, and the second elongated light-source module are connected, the long axis of the first elongated light-source module is offset relative to the long axis of the second elongated light-source module by the angle.
7 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 5 , further comprising a third elongated light-source module having a long axis between a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the third elongated light-source module includes a male or female half of a coaxial electrical coupling, the coupler module has a third end with a male or female half of a coaxial electrical coupling, and the coupler module is connectable between the second end of the first elongated light-source module, the first end of the second elongated light-source module, and the first end of the third elongated light-source module.
8 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 1 , further comprising a base module having a power switch and a male or female half of a coaxial electrical coupling, wherein the base module and the first elongated light-source module are physically and electrically connectable either directly or through one or more intervening elements.
9 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 8 , wherein the base module includes a battery compartment.
10 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 8 , further comprising a mounting clip shaped to wrap around a portion of the first elongated light-source module, wherein the base module and the mounting clip include coplanar mounting surfaces when the first elongated light-source module is connected to the base module and the mounting clip is connected to the first elongated light-source module.
11 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 10 , wherein the mounting clip does not restrict rotation of the first elongated light-source module around its rotation axis.
12 . A modular lighting device kit, comprising:
a first elongated light-source module having a long axis between a first end and a second end and including a first light-emitting diode oriented at a first angle in a plane perpendicular to the long axis of the first elongated light-source module and a second light-emitting diode oriented at a second angle in the plane perpendicular to the long axis of the first elongated light-source module, the first angle of the first light-emitting diode of the first elongated light-source module being separated from the second angle of the second light-emitting diode of the first elongated light-source module by between 60° and 180°; and
a second elongated light-source module having a long axis between a first end and a second end and including a first light-emitting diode oriented at a first angle in a plane perpendicular to the long axis of the second elongated light-source module and a second light-emitting diode oriented at a second angle in the plane perpendicular to the long axis of the second elongated light-source module, the first angle of the first light-emitting diode of the second elongated light-source module being separated from the second angle of the second light-emitting diode of the second elongated light-source module by between 60° and 180°, wherein the first and second elongated light-source modules are physically and electrically connectable either directly or through one or more intervening elements such that, when connected to a power source, power for the second elongated light-source module flows through the first elongated light-source module.
13 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 12 , wherein the first and second light-emitting diodes of the first elongated light-source module are enclosed behind a first window, and the first and second light-emitting diodes of the second elongated light-source module are enclosed behind a second window.
14 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 12 , wherein the first and second elongated light-source modules are connectable without the use of tools.
15 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 12 , wherein the second end of the first elongated light-source module includes a jack, the first end of the second elongated light-source module includes a plug, the plug is insertable into the jack to physically and electrically connect the first elongated light-source module to the second elongated light-source module such that the second elongated light-source module is rotatable relative to the first elongated light-source module around a rotation axis parallel to the long axis of the second elongated light-source module, and a rotation interface between the first elongated light-source module and the second elongated light-source module is an interface between the plug and the jack.
16 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 15 , wherein, when connected, the second elongated light-source module is rotatable 360° around the rotation axis.
17 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 12 , wherein the first elongated light-source module includes three or more light-emitting diodes oriented at substantially the first angle of the first light-emitting diode of the first elongated light-source module and positioned in a first row extending substantially parallel to the long axis of the first elongated light-source module, and the second elongated light-source module includes three or more light-emitting diodes oriented at substantially the first angle of the first light-emitting diode of the second elongated light-source module and positioned in a first row extending substantially parallel to the long axis of the second elongated light-source module.
18 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 17 , wherein the first elongated light-source module includes three or more light-emitting diodes oriented at substantially the second angle of the second light-emitting diode of the first elongated light-source module and positioned in a second row extending substantially parallel to the long axis of the first elongated light-source module, and the second elongated light-source module includes three or more light-emitting diodes oriented at substantially the second angle of the second light-emitting diode of the second elongated light-source module and positioned in a second row extending substantially parallel to the long axis of the second elongated light-source module.
19 . A modular lighting device kit, comprising:
a first elongated light bar having a long axis between a first end and a second end;
a second elongated light bar having a long axis between a first end and a second end; and
coupling means for connecting the first and second elongated light bars such that the first and second elongated light bars are rotatable around rotation axes parallel to the long axes of the first and second elongated light bars, respectively, and, when connected to a power source, power for the second elongated light bar flows through the first elongated light bar.
20 . The modular lighting device kit according to claim 19 , further comprising mounting means for attaching the first elongated light bar to a mounting surface without restricting rotation of the first elongated light bar around its rotation axis.