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US3203126A
US3203126A US346447A US34644764A US3203126A US 3203126 A US3203126 A US 3203126A US 346447 A US346447 A US 346447A US 34644764 A US34644764 A US 34644764A US 3203126 A US3203126 A US 3203126A
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  • the conventional arrangement of attaching the night light to an electric fixture such as a wall socket or the like is through the medium of a pair of prongs connected in circuit with the lamp within the housing of the night light and insertable in the slots of the wall socket or the like.
  • My invention contemplates providing as the front outer wall of the housing an indicia-bearing transparent plate or disc, in indicia of which provides certain information such as the names, addresses and/or telephone numbers of banks, drugstores, merchants, doctors, and the like, and may also give information such as the telephone numbers of the police and fire departments.
  • the slots in wall sockets vary, in that they may be arranged to extend either horizontally or vertically.
  • the indicia appearing on the indicia-bearing plate of the housing be at all times disposed in an upright readable position, it is an object of this invention to provide a simple and inexpensive arrangement whereby the indicia-bearing plate may be rotated relative to the mounting of the night light so that regardless of whether the light is plugged into a socket having horizontally extending slots, the indiciabearing plate may be adjusted to assume an upright readable position.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the parts of the invention in exploded relation with respect to each other;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line 3-3 of FIG. 1.
  • a housing is indicated at 10.
  • This housing is preferably cylindrical in form and includes a recessed front wall 11 and a rearwardly extending cylindrical reducted portion 12 to form a collar.
  • the housing is formed of translucent mattrial. Positioned over the recessed wall 11 is a transparent cover plate 13. This cover plate 13 has a circumferentially extending groove 14 formed therein to receive the peripheral edge 15 of the housing 10, which edge 15 is preferably cemented in the groove 14 to provide a fixed connection between the cover plate 13 and the housing.
  • the cover plate 13 has printed thereon indicia 16 giving information such as the name and address and/or telephone number of a merchant, bank, drugstore, doctor or the like. In addition, it has been found highly desirable that the indicia also provide the telephone numbers of the police and fire departments.
  • a mounting plate is indicated at 17.
  • the mounting plate 17 has mounted thereon a lamp 18 connected in circuit with prongs 19 which are adapted to be projected 3,293,126 Patented Aug. 31, 1965 into the slots of an electric fixture (not shown), which may be a wall socket or the like.
  • an electric fixture not shown
  • Formed on the peripheral edge of the mounting plate or disc 17 is a flange 25.
  • a bezel 21 is provided with offset shoulders 22 and 23.
  • the bezel 21 fits over the peripheral edge 24 of the housing 10 with such edge portion 24 engaging the shoulder 23.
  • the bezel 21 is cemented or otherwise fixedly secured to the housing 10.
  • the shoulder 22 and the peripheral edge portion 24 provide together a circumferential groove within which is rotatably mounted the flange 25 of the mounting plate 17 whereby the housing 10 may be axially rotated relative to the mounting plate 17, there being sufficient frictional contact between the flange 25 and the bezel 21 to maintain the housing in a predetermined position.
  • the night light permits my improved night light to be plugged into an electric fixture irrespective of the direction of the slots thereof.
  • the night light is intended to be plugged into an electric fixture having the slots arranged in a vertical direction. Should, however, the slots of the fixture extend in a horizontal direction, by simply rotating the housing 10 to which the indicia-bearing cover plate is secured, the indicia 16 may be positioned in an upright readable position.
  • a night light comprising:
  • said mounting plate having a lamp mounted thereon and a pair of prongs extending rearwardly therefrom and connected in circuit with the lamp and adapted to be inserted in the slots of an electric fixture,
  • a bezel having a stepped interior surface encircling said peripheral edge of said reduced portion of said housing and said peripheral flange of said mounting plate for rotatably securing said mounting plate onto said housing to permit said housing to be rotated relative to said mounting plate to dispose the indicia on said cover plate in an upright position.
  • a night light comprising:
  • said mounting plate having a lamp mounted there- References Cited by the Examiner on and a pair of prongs extending rearwardly there- UNITED STATES PATENTS from and connected in circuit With the lamp and 2,718,636 7/55 Harrington 240-8.l6 X 1aidaptd to be lnserted 1n the slots of an electric 2,841,695 7/58 Bentsen 14O 46'3 X xture, 5
  • a bezel having a stepped interior surface encircling FOREIGN PATENTS said peripheral edge of said reduced portion of said housing and said peripheral flange of said mounting plate for rotatably securing said mounting plate onto said housing to permit said housing to be rotated relative to said mounting plate to dispose the indicia EUGENE R, CAPOZIO, P imary Examiner. on said cover plate in an upright position.

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Aug. 31, 1965 s. s. ELIOT NIGHT LIGHT Filed Feb. 21, 1964 INVENTOR. BY (5'01 (51 052107 Ms flrrwfzvzr- United States Patent M 3,203,126 NIGHT LIGHT Sol S. Eliot, Chicago, 111., assignor to Crest Specialty, Inc., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Filed Feb. 21, 1964, Ser. No. 346,447 2 Claims. (Cl. 40-131) My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a night light which is adapted to be connected to an electric fixture such as a wall socket or the like to emit a soft light within a room.
The conventional arrangement of attaching the night light to an electric fixture such as a wall socket or the like is through the medium of a pair of prongs connected in circuit with the lamp within the housing of the night light and insertable in the slots of the wall socket or the like.
My invention contemplates providing as the front outer wall of the housing an indicia-bearing transparent plate or disc, in indicia of which provides certain information such as the names, addresses and/or telephone numbers of banks, drugstores, merchants, doctors, and the like, and may also give information such as the telephone numbers of the police and fire departments.
It is a well known fact that the slots in wall sockets vary, in that they may be arranged to extend either horizontally or vertically. As it is desirable that the indicia appearing on the indicia-bearing plate of the housing be at all times disposed in an upright readable position, it is an object of this invention to provide a simple and inexpensive arrangement whereby the indicia-bearing plate may be rotated relative to the mounting of the night light so that regardless of whether the light is plugged into a socket having horizontally extending slots, the indiciabearing plate may be adjusted to assume an upright readable position.
Other objects will appear hereinafter.
The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the parts of the invention in exploded relation with respect to each other;
FIG. 3 is a sectional detail view taken substantially on line 3-3 of FIG. 1.
The several objects of my invention are best accomplished by the preferred form of construction shown in the drawings wherein a housing is indicated at 10. This housing, as shown, is preferably cylindrical in form and includes a recessed front wall 11 and a rearwardly extending cylindrical reducted portion 12 to form a collar.
The housing is formed of translucent mattrial. Positioned over the recessed wall 11 is a transparent cover plate 13. This cover plate 13 has a circumferentially extending groove 14 formed therein to receive the peripheral edge 15 of the housing 10, which edge 15 is preferably cemented in the groove 14 to provide a fixed connection between the cover plate 13 and the housing.
The cover plate 13 has printed thereon indicia 16 giving information such as the name and address and/or telephone number of a merchant, bank, drugstore, doctor or the like. In addition, it has been found highly desirable that the indicia also provide the telephone numbers of the police and fire departments.
A mounting plate is indicated at 17. The mounting plate 17 has mounted thereon a lamp 18 connected in circuit with prongs 19 which are adapted to be projected 3,293,126 Patented Aug. 31, 1965 into the slots of an electric fixture (not shown), which may be a wall socket or the like. Formed on the peripheral edge of the mounting plate or disc 17 is a flange 25.
A bezel 21 is provided with offset shoulders 22 and 23. The bezel 21 fits over the peripheral edge 24 of the housing 10 with such edge portion 24 engaging the shoulder 23. The bezel 21 is cemented or otherwise fixedly secured to the housing 10.
The shoulder 22 and the peripheral edge portion 24 provide together a circumferential groove within which is rotatably mounted the flange 25 of the mounting plate 17 whereby the housing 10 may be axially rotated relative to the mounting plate 17, there being sufficient frictional contact between the flange 25 and the bezel 21 to maintain the housing in a predetermined position.
The foregoing construction permits my improved night light to be plugged into an electric fixture irrespective of the direction of the slots thereof. As shown, the night light is intended to be plugged into an electric fixture having the slots arranged in a vertical direction. Should, however, the slots of the fixture extend in a horizontal direction, by simply rotating the housing 10 to which the indicia-bearing cover plate is secured, the indicia 16 may be positioned in an upright readable position.
The simplicity of construction permits the manufacture of the night light'at an economical cost, with the result that the same may be sold at an economical price.
While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of com struction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:
1. A night light comprising:
(a) a translucent cylindrical lamp housing including a laterally extending cylindrical reduced rear portion and a recessed front wall,
(b) a transparent indicia bearing cover plate mounted to the housing in front of the recessed wall and having a periphreal groove into which the peripheraledge of the housing is fixedly cemented,
(c) a mounting plate having a peripheral flange providing a groove into which the peripheral edge of said reduced portion is positioned,
(d) said mounting plate having a lamp mounted thereon and a pair of prongs extending rearwardly therefrom and connected in circuit with the lamp and adapted to be inserted in the slots of an electric fixture,
(e) a bezel having a stepped interior surface encircling said peripheral edge of said reduced portion of said housing and said peripheral flange of said mounting plate for rotatably securing said mounting plate onto said housing to permit said housing to be rotated relative to said mounting plate to dispose the indicia on said cover plate in an upright position.
2. A night light comprising:
(a) a translucent cylindrical lamp housing including a laterally extending cylindrical reduced rear portion and a recessed front wall,
(b) a transparent indicia bearing cover plate mounted to the housing in front of the recessed wall.
(c) a mounting plate having a peripheral flange providing a groove into which the peripheral edge of said reduced protion is positioned,
(d) said mounting plate having a lamp mounted there- References Cited by the Examiner on and a pair of prongs extending rearwardly there- UNITED STATES PATENTS from and connected in circuit With the lamp and 2,718,636 7/55 Harrington 240-8.l6 X 1aidapted to be lnserted 1n the slots of an electric 2,841,695 7/58 Bentsen 14O 46'3 X xture, 5
(e) a bezel having a stepped interior surface encircling FOREIGN PATENTS said peripheral edge of said reduced portion of said housing and said peripheral flange of said mounting plate for rotatably securing said mounting plate onto said housing to permit said housing to be rotated relative to said mounting plate to dispose the indicia EUGENE R, CAPOZIO, P imary Examiner. on said cover plate in an upright position. JEROME SCHNALL, Examiner.
480,193 2/3 8 Great Britain. 801,052 9/58 Great Britain. 10 376,674 11/39 Italy.

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  1. 2. A NIGHT LIGHT COMPRISING: (A) A TRANSLUCENT CYLINDRICAL LAMP HOUSING INCLUDING A LATERALLY EXTENDING CYLINDRICAL REDUCED REAR PORTION AND A RECESSED FRONT WALL, (B) A TRANSPARENT INDICIA BEARING COVER PLATE MOUNTED TO THE HOUSING IN FRONT OF THE RECESSED WALL. (C) A MOUNTING PLATE HAVING A PERIPHERAL FLANG PROVIDING A GROOVE INTO WHICH THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SAID REDUCED PORTION IS POSITIONED, (D) SAID MOUNTING PLATE HAVING A LAMP MOUNTED THERE ON AND A PAIR OF PRONGS EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM AND CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT WITH THE LAMP AND ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED IN THE SLOTS OF AN ELECTRIC FIXTURE, (E) A BEZEL HAVING A STEPPED INTERIOR SURFACE ENCIRCLING SAID PERIPHERAL EDGER OF SAID REDUCED PORITON OF SAID HOUSING AND SAID PERIPHERAL FLANGE OF SAID MOUNTING PLATE FOR ROTATABLY SECURING SAID MOUNTING PLATE ONTO SAID HOUSING TO PERMIT SAID HOUSING TO BE ROTATED RELATIVE TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE TO DISPOSE THE INDICIA ON SAID COVER PLATE IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.
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US3801814A (en) * 1972-02-11 1974-04-02 Philips Corp Night-light
US4344116A (en) * 1978-08-30 1982-08-10 General Electric Company Flat face night light
US4714984A (en) * 1986-09-03 1987-12-22 Donald Spector Night light assembly
US4912609A (en) * 1988-10-31 1990-03-27 Gillette Kenneth R Personalized night-light
US4977695A (en) * 1987-12-15 1990-12-18 Armbruster Joseph M Illuminated medallion
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US5495402A (en) * 1992-12-30 1996-02-27 Houssian; Vazgen Safety night light
US5544025A (en) * 1994-06-02 1996-08-06 Standard Enterprises, Inc. Outlet cover plate incorporating a nightlight
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US5727953A (en) * 1996-07-31 1998-03-17 Brk Brands, Inc. Nite lite with rotatable prongs
US5897194A (en) * 1996-05-14 1999-04-27 Ham; Byung Il Sign with remote power source tester
US6200001B1 (en) 1998-01-15 2001-03-13 Regent Lighting Corporation Swivel nightlight
US20050018426A1 (en) * 2003-07-21 2005-01-27 Dickie Robert G. Night light having directional light output
US7147345B1 (en) * 2004-07-12 2006-12-12 Toney Jr Samuel Themes for flashlight inserts
US20070076439A1 (en) * 2004-10-01 2007-04-05 Tseng-Lu Chien LED night light with interchangeable display unit
US20070109813A1 (en) * 2005-11-15 2007-05-17 American Tack & Hardware Co., Inc. Directionally controllable night light
US20080196287A1 (en) * 2004-10-04 2008-08-21 Target Brands, Inc. Light box display
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US20120270435A1 (en) * 2011-04-12 2012-10-25 Jeramy Hale Electrical safety plug with grip wings for electrical plugs and data cord plugs
US8479424B1 (en) 2009-05-04 2013-07-09 C-M GLO, Inc. Variable position sign
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US3801814A (en) * 1972-02-11 1974-04-02 Philips Corp Night-light
US4344116A (en) * 1978-08-30 1982-08-10 General Electric Company Flat face night light
US4714984A (en) * 1986-09-03 1987-12-22 Donald Spector Night light assembly
US4977695A (en) * 1987-12-15 1990-12-18 Armbruster Joseph M Illuminated medallion
WO1992011622A1 (en) * 1987-12-15 1992-07-09 Armbruster Joseph M Illuminated medallion
US4912609A (en) * 1988-10-31 1990-03-27 Gillette Kenneth R Personalized night-light
US5495402A (en) * 1992-12-30 1996-02-27 Houssian; Vazgen Safety night light
DE4415210A1 (en) * 1994-04-30 1995-11-02 Wolfgang Held Night light with electrical constructional part including housing
US5544025A (en) * 1994-06-02 1996-08-06 Standard Enterprises, Inc. Outlet cover plate incorporating a nightlight
EP0791911A2 (en) * 1996-02-20 1997-08-27 Siegel-Robert, Inc. Sealed automotive emblem lighting assembly and method
EP0791911A3 (en) * 1996-02-20 1999-01-13 Siegel-Robert, Inc. Sealed automotive emblem lighting assembly and method
US5897194A (en) * 1996-05-14 1999-04-27 Ham; Byung Il Sign with remote power source tester
US5727953A (en) * 1996-07-31 1998-03-17 Brk Brands, Inc. Nite lite with rotatable prongs
US6200001B1 (en) 1998-01-15 2001-03-13 Regent Lighting Corporation Swivel nightlight
US20050018426A1 (en) * 2003-07-21 2005-01-27 Dickie Robert G. Night light having directional light output
WO2005008124A1 (en) * 2003-07-21 2005-01-27 Elumina Lighting Technologies Inc. Night light having directional light output
US6905231B2 (en) 2003-07-21 2005-06-14 Elumina Lighting Technologies Inc. Night light having directionally adjustable light output
US7147345B1 (en) * 2004-07-12 2006-12-12 Toney Jr Samuel Themes for flashlight inserts
US20070076439A1 (en) * 2004-10-01 2007-04-05 Tseng-Lu Chien LED night light with interchangeable display unit
US8545090B2 (en) * 2004-10-01 2013-10-01 Tseng-Lu Chien LED night light with interchangeable display unit
US20080196287A1 (en) * 2004-10-04 2008-08-21 Target Brands, Inc. Light box display
US7584561B2 (en) * 2004-10-04 2009-09-08 Target Brands, Inc. Light box display
US7303327B2 (en) 2005-11-15 2007-12-04 American Tack + Hardware Co., Inc. Directionally controllable night light
US20070109813A1 (en) * 2005-11-15 2007-05-17 American Tack & Hardware Co., Inc. Directionally controllable night light
US8479424B1 (en) 2009-05-04 2013-07-09 C-M GLO, Inc. Variable position sign
US20110061276A1 (en) * 2009-09-16 2011-03-17 Chad Boyles Illuminated sign
US8109020B2 (en) * 2009-09-16 2012-02-07 Everbrite, Llc Illuminated sign
US8371052B2 (en) 2009-09-16 2013-02-12 Everbrite, Llc Illuminated sign
US20120270435A1 (en) * 2011-04-12 2012-10-25 Jeramy Hale Electrical safety plug with grip wings for electrical plugs and data cord plugs
USD878639S1 (en) * 2018-01-12 2020-03-17 Haiwen LUO Night light

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