Floating light for swimming pools

Claim 1

A floating light for a swimming pool, comprising, a buoyant plastic and circularly configurated body member having a recess and a central opening in the upper surface providing access to the recess, a plurality of batteries and a downwardly extending socket carried within the recess providing, respectively, current and support for a bulb member, a removable and water tight cover carried by said body and comprising a flange ceiling said central opening with flower means serving as knob means for said cover and decoration means for the upper portion of said body, a clear plastic dome globe member carried by said body providing protection means for a bulb in said socket, and also serving as waterproof means for the bulb in the socket, a downardly directed reflector carried by said body providing a means for reflecting light from the bulb in said socket into a pool when the body is floating thereon, wherein said cover of said body member is snappibly engaged in an opening in one side of said body member and said opening including shoulder means for receiving a flange of said cover, said flower portion ornamenting said cover being secured thereto by shaft means within a central opening of said cover.