US 11,686,454 B2
Area light
Crystal G. Young, Towson, MD (US); James B. Watson, Baltimore, MD (US); Gabriel E. Concari, Eldersburg, MD (US); Jesse P. Hill, Baltimore, MD (US); Keith Moore, Towson, MD (US); Geoffrey S. Howard, Columbia, MD (US); and Jonathan Kirkpatrick, Baldwin, MD (US)
Assigned to Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/83,377.
Application 17/083,377 is a continuation of application No. 16/276,218, filed on Feb. 14, 2019.
Application 16/276,218 is a continuation of application No. 15/165,060, filed on May 26, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/249,517, filed on Nov. 2, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/168,477, filed on May 29, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0041087 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. F21V 15/01 (2006.01); F21L 2/00 (2006.01); F21L 4/00 (2006.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); F21L 4/02 (2006.01); F21L 4/08 (2006.01); F21V 23/02 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21W 131/10 (2006.01); F21Y 101/00 (2016.01); F21V 29/77 (2015.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); F21Y 107/30 (2016.01); H05B 47/195 (2020.01)
CPC F21V 15/01 (2013.01) [F21L 2/00 (2013.01); F21L 4/00 (2013.01); F21L 4/02 (2013.01); F21L 4/08 (2013.01); F21V 23/02 (2013.01); F21V 23/0435 (2013.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); F21V 23/009 (2013.01); F21V 29/77 (2015.01); F21W 2131/1005 (2013.01); F21Y 2101/00 (2013.01); F21Y 2107/30 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08); H05B 47/195 (2020.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An area light comprising:
a housing defining a central axis having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a side portion;
a cover mounted on the first end of the housing;
a light module disposed on the first end of the housing, the light module comprising a heat sink and at least one light-emitting diode (LED) to emit light through the cover and in a direction that extends 360 degrees around the center axis, wherein the cover includes: a first portion extending around the light module and a second portion extending from an end of the first portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to the central axis to at least partially cover an axial end surface of the heat sink opposite the first end of the housing;
a battery receptacle disposed on the side portion of the housing to receive a removable battery pack and supply electric power form the removable battery pack to the at least one LED; and
at least one hook provided on or adjacent the second end of the housing.