US 12,092,292 B2
Portable and modular solar-powered lighting devices
Seungah Jeong, Brooklyn, NY (US); John Salzinger, Brooklyn, NY (US); Scott Klimcke, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Juan S. Jacobo, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to MPOWERD Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by MPOWERD Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,699.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/257,501, filed on Oct. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0120724 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. F21S 9/03 (2006.01); F21V 23/06 (2006.01); F21Y 115/00 (2016.01)
CPC F21S 9/037 (2013.01) [F21V 23/06 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/00 (2016.08)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable solar-powered lighting device, comprising:
a handle assembly including a rechargeable battery and a solar panel electrically connected to the rechargeable battery;
a mounting assembly selectively attachable to a proximal end of the handle assembly;
and a lighting assembly selectively attachable to a distal end of the handle assembly, the lighting assembly including at least one light source;
wherein the device has a first configuration wherein the handle assembly is coupled to each of the lighting assembly and the mounting assembly, the lighting assembly being configured to emit light from the at least one light source using current generated by the solar panel and transferred to the lighting assembly via the rechargeable battery of the handle assembly while in the first configuration,
wherein the proximal end of the handle assembly includes a first engagement interface and a distal end of the mounting assembly includes a second engagement interface that mates with the first engagement interface for coupling the mounting assembly to the handle assembly in the first configuration,
wherein the distal end of the handle assembly includes a third engagement interface and a proximal end of the lighting assembly includes a fourth engagement interface that mates with the third engagement interface for coupling the lighting assembly to the handle assembly in the first configuration,
wherein the device has a second configuration wherein the proximal end of the lighting assembly is coupled to the distal end of the mounting assembly, and the handle assembly is unattached to the lighting assembly and the mounting assembly, and
wherein the second engagement interface includes a mating feature complementary to a mating feature of each of the first engagement interface and the fourth engagement interface, the mating feature comprising at least one protrusion, aperture, or magnet.