US2009019752A1PendingUtilityA1

Decorative night light device

Assignee: LIAO JING WU GENEPriority: Jul 17, 2007Filed: Mar 17, 2008Published: Jan 22, 2009
Est. expiryJul 17, 2027(~0.9 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Jing Liao
A47G 1/0622G09F 13/04
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Abstract

The present invention, decorative night light device, comprises a supporting frame and a light arrangement. The supporting frame comprises a hollow supporting frame body for providing a replaceable decorative member thereon. The hollow supporting frame body has an inner surface and a continuously light channel indented on the inner surface and defines a peripheral inner wall inclinedly extended from the inner surface. The light arrangement comprise a light control circuit provided at the hollow supporting frame body, and a plurality of illuminators which are electrically connected to the light control circuit and spacedly and inclinedly aligned along the inner wall of the hollow supporting frame body. Each of the illuminators forms as a point of light source for mostly emitting light towards to the middle of the hollow supporting frame body so as to illuminating the decorative member.

Claims

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1 . A decorative night light, comprising:
 a supporting frame defining a hollow cavity for storing an object, and at least one peripheral side edge of said hollow cavity, and an illumination window formed on a front surface of said supporting frame to communicate said hollow cavity with an exterior of said supporting frame; and   a night light arrangement, which comprises:   a light sensor which is provided on said supporting frame and exposed to an ambient environment in which said supporting frame is located for detecting a brightness of said ambient environment; and   a plurality of illuminators provided on said peripheral side edge of said hollow cavity to electrically connect with said light sensor, in such a manner that when said light sensor detects that said brightness of said ambient environment to be under a predetermined threshold brightness, said light sensor is arranged to activate said illuminators to generate illumination from said peripheral side edge so as to provide night light illumination to said ambient environment while simultaneously providing sideward illumination to said object for displaying thereof, wherein when said light sensor detects said brightness of said ambient environment is above said predetermined threshold brightness, said light senor is arranged to deactivate said illuminators for stopping said night light illumination and simultaneously allowing display of said object by natural light.   
   
   
       2 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said supporting frame comprises a hollow supporting frame body, having a front wall defining said front surface of said supporting frame, a rear wall, and a plurality of sidewalls extending between said front wall and said rear wall, and a frame boundary provided within said hollow supporting frame body to divide said hollow supporting body into said hollow cavity and a peripheral storage compartment within and out of said frame boundary respectively, wherein said night light arrangement is received in said peripheral storage compartment for providing illumination to said hollow cavity. 
   
   
       3 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said night light arrangement further comprises a light control circuit supported within said peripheral storage compartment to electrically connect with said illuminators and said light sensor, in such a manner that when said light sensor detects that said ambient brightness is below said predetermined threshold brightness, said light sensor is arranged to send a signal to said light control circuit for activating said illuminators, wherein when said light sensor detects that said ambient brightness is above said predetermined threshold brightness, said light sensor is arranged to transmit a corresponding signal to said light control circuit for deactivating said illuminators. 
   
   
       4 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 3 , wherein said frame boundary has a top boundary wall, a bottom boundary wall, and two side boundary walls substantially aligned with while offsetting from said sidewalls of said supporting frame respectively, wherein said illuminators are spacedly provided along two of said sidewalls of said supporting frame for providing sideward illumination to said object stored in said hollow cavity. 
   
   
       5 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 4 , wherein a height of said two side boundary walls of said frame boundary is substantially less than a height of said top and said bottom boundary wall so as to form two light channels at said frame boundary for said illuminators to visually communicate with said hollow cavity of said supporting frame via said light channels. 
   
   
       6 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 5 , wherein said night light arrangement further comprises a plurality of light diffusion members mounted at said side boundary walls of said frame boundary at said light channels respectively, wherein said illumination of said illuminators are arranged to reach said hollow cavity via said light diffusion members such that said object is evenly and optimally illuminated by said illuminators while said diffused light is also be optimally utilized as said night light. 
   
   
       7 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 6 , wherein said supporting frame further has a battery compartment formed in said peripheral storage compartment for receiving a plurality of battery units within said battery compartment to electrically connect with said light control circuit. 
   
   
       8 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 2 , further comprising a night light stand arrangement provided on said rear wall of said supporting frame for allowing said supporting frame to stand on a flat surface, wherein said night light stand arrangement contains a plurality of standing slots spacedly formed on said rear wall of said supporting frame, and a supporting stand detachably engaged with said standing slots in such a manner that when said supporting stand is engaged with said standing slots, said supporting frame is allowed to be inclinedly supported by said supporting stand. 
   
   
       9 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 6 , further comprising a night light stand arrangement provided on said rear wall of said supporting frame for allowing said supporting frame to stand on a flat surface, wherein said night light stand arrangement contains a plurality of standing slots spacedly formed on said rear wall of said supporting frame, and a supporting stand detachably engaged with said standing slots in such a manner that when said supporting stand is engaged with said standing slots, said supporting frame is allowed to be inclinedly supported by said supporting stand. 
   
   
       10 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 7 , further comprising a night light stand arrangement provided on said rear wall of said supporting frame for allowing said supporting frame to stand on a flat surface, wherein said night light stand arrangement contains a plurality of standing slots spacedly formed on said rear wall of said supporting frame, and a supporting stand detachably engaged with said standing slots in such a manner that when said supporting stand is engaged with said standing slots, said supporting frame is allowed to be inclinedly supported by said supporting stand. 
   
   
       11 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 8 , wherein said supporting stand comprises a standing panel and a plurality of engaging members inclinedly extended from said standing panel and is arranged to engage with said standing slots, so that said supporting frame is capable of standing on a flat surface through said supporting stand. 
   
   
       12 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 9 , wherein said supporting stand comprises a standing panel and a plurality of engaging members inclinedly extended from said standing panel and is arranged to engage with said standing slots, so that said supporting frame is capable of standing on a flat surface through said supporting stand. 
   
   
       13 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 10 , wherein said supporting stand comprises a standing panel and a plurality of engaging members inclinedly extended from said standing panel and is arranged to engage with said standing slots, so that said supporting frame is capable of standing on a flat surface through said supporting stand. 
   
   
       14 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 11 , wherein said night light stand arrangement further contains a securing slots spacedly and indently provided on said rear wall of said supporting frame, and shaped and sized to correspond with said engaging members of said supporting stand so that said supporting stand is adapted to be detached from said standing slots and alignedly engage with said securing slots when said supporting stand is idle. 
   
   
       15 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 12 , wherein said night light stand arrangement further contains a securing slots spacedly and indently provided on said rear wall of said supporting frame, and shaped and sized to correspond with said engaging members of said supporting stand so that said supporting stand is adapted to be detached from said standing slots and alignedly engage with said securing slots when said supporting stand is idle. 
   
   
       16 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 13 , wherein said night light stand arrangement further contains a securing slots spacedly and indently provided on said rear wall of said supporting frame, and shaped and sized to correspond with said engaging members of said supporting stand so that said supporting stand is adapted to be detached from said standing slots and alignedly engage with said securing slots when said supporting stand is idle. 
   
   
       17 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 13 , wherein said rear wall of said supporting frame has a main wall portion communicating with said hollow cavity, and a peripheral side wall portion, wherein said main wall portion is detachably attached with said peripheral rear wall portion through a plurality of connectors such that a user is able to detach said main wall portion of said rear wall for mounting said object within said hollow cavity. 
   
   
       18 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 14 , wherein said rear wall of said supporting frame has a main wall portion communicating with said hollow cavity, and a peripheral side wall portion, wherein said main wall portion is detachably attached with said peripheral rear wall portion through a plurality of connectors such that a user is able to detach said main wall portion of said rear wall for mounting said object within said hollow cavity. 
   
   
       19 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 15 , wherein said rear wall of said supporting frame has a main wall portion communicating with said hollow cavity, and a peripheral side wall portion, wherein said main wall portion is detachably attached with said peripheral rear wall portion through a plurality of connectors such that a user is able to detach said main wall portion of said rear wall for mounting said object within said hollow cavity. 
   
   
       20 . The decorative night light, as recited in  claim 16 , wherein said rear wall of said supporting frame has a main wall portion communicating with said hollow cavity, and a peripheral side wall portion, wherein said main wall portion is detachably attached with said peripheral rear wall portion through a plurality of connectors such that a user is able to detach said main wall portion of said rear wall for mounting said object within said hollow cavity.

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