[54] AUTOMATICALLY ACTUATED ENCLOSURE LIGHT
[76] Inventor: Benjamin H. Stansbury, 409 N.
Foothill Rd., Beverly Hills, Calif.
90210
[21] Appl. No.: 350,419
[22] Filed: Feb. 19,1982
[51] Int. CL> F21L 7/00
[52] U.S. CI 362/191; 362/80;
362/127; 362/133; 362/190; 362/155; 362/200; 362/201; 362/205; 362/253; 362/368; 200/60
[58] Field of Search 362/394, 802, 295, 200,
362/208, 94, 155, 133, 127, 80, 191, 205, 204, 203, 196, 190, 253, 368, 201; 200/61.61, 61.7, 61.73, 61.78, 61.71, 61.74, 61.62, 60
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
1,098,628 6/1914 Hyman 362/196 X
1,673,436 6/1928 Barany 362/205
1,906,131 4/1933 Baylis 362/200
2,006,175 6/1935 Osborn 362/205
2,164,239 6/1939 Grayson 362/394 X
2,249,692 7/1941 Gelardin 362/200
2,373,553 4/1945 Fetterman 362/205
3,057,992 10/1962 Baker 362/200
3,711,703 1/1973 Bacevius 362/196 X
4,160,887 7/1979 Van Buren 362/155 X
4,168,411 9/1979 Peck 362/155 X
Primary Examiner—Donald G. Kelly
Assistant Examiner—John S. Maples
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Romney, Golant, Martin,
Disner & Ashen
[57] ABSTRACT
Enclosures such as drawers and glove compartments are provided with a light that automatically turns on when the enclosure is opened and turns off when closed. This light has a lightbulb in circuit with batteries and a switching mechanism, including a spring and actuator for the spring which is mounted to rotate, move linearly outwardly and inwardly relative to the light's housing, or do both simultaneously. The actuator has a portion engaging the spring and an arcuate edge portion extending beyond the housing which engages a surface of the enclosure when the enclosure is opened or closed. During relative movement between the enclosure surface and the light, the actuator moves the spring between two positions, one of which opens the circuit to the lightbulb, the other of which closes this circuit.
2 Claims, 15 Drawing Figures
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