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Soft light
Assignee: Arriflex Corp
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Filing: 1990-11-15
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Granted: 1992-05-19
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Expires: 2010-11-15
Abstract
Abstract A soft light having a housing with a front opening and a hinged upper portion, a light source arranged in a lower frontal position in the housing, an internal reflector for direction light from the light source toward a rear portion of the housing opposite the front opening, and a rear reflector removably mounted in the housing so as to reflect the light from the light source and the internal reflector out of the front opening of the housing.
Inventors
- 👤 Stanislaw Loth
- 👤 Volker W. Bahnemann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 22:59
CPC Classifications
F; F21; F21V; F21V11/00; F21V11/08; F21V11/12; F21V7/00; F21V7/0008; F21V9/00; F21V9/40; F21W; F21W2131/00; F21W2131/40; F21W2131/406
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
84 words
A soft light, comprising: a housing having a front opening and a hinged upper portion; a light source arranged in a lower frontal position in said housing; internal reflector means for directing light from said light source toward a rear portion of said housing opposite the front opening; and a rear reflector removably mounted at the rear portion of said housing so as to reflect the light from the light source and the internal reflector means out of the front opening of said housing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
84 words
A soft light, comprising: a housing having a front opening and a hinged upper portion; a light source arranged in a lower frontal position in said housing; internal reflector means for directing light from said light source toward a rear portion of said housing opposite the front opening; and a rear reflector removably mounted at the rear portion of said housing so as to reflect the light from the light source and the internal reflector means out of the front opening of said housing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
88 words
A soft light as defined in claim 1, wherein said internal reflector means includes a spherical reflector mounted in said housing so as to partially surround a lower frontal portion of said light source, said internal reflector means further including two mirror reflectors mounted in said housing at a side of said light source opposite said spherical reflector, said mirror reflectors being arranged so as to diverge from said light source toward said rear reflector in order to direct light from said light source toward said rear reflector.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A soft light as defined in claim 1, wherein said rear reflector is removable from said housing via the hinged upper portion, and is interchangeable with a different rear reflector.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
89 words
A soft light as defined in claim 1, wherein said rear reflector has an adjustable light output which does not affect color temperature of the light, said reflector having a first part with slot openings and a second part which is a reflector with black strips which correspond to the slot openings of the first part, the first and second parts being movable relative to one another in a sliding manner so that the rear reflector is adjustable between a full white reflector and a 50% black-striped reflecting surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A soft light as defined in claim 1, wherein said rear reflector is white painted.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A soft light as defined in claim 1, wherein said rear reflector is color painted.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
A soft light as defined in claim 1, wherein said rear reflector is hammer-tone metallic.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
A soft light as defined in claim 1, wherein said rear reflector is hammer-tone color.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A soft light as defined in claim 1, wherein said rear reflector is anodized white.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A soft light as defined in claim 1, wherein said rear reflector has a hard enamel finish.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1995-05-19 | 1995-11-18 | 1996-05-19 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1999-05-19 | 1999-11-18 | 2000-05-19 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2003-05-19 | 2003-11-18 | 2004-05-19 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |