Collapsible Tripod Area Light for Portable Worksite Illumination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing area lights are either too cumbersome for transportation due to their size or insufficient for illuminating worksites effectively, as they often require permanent fixtures or lack the necessary brightness when portable.
Innovation Solution
A compact area light design featuring a base with rotatable legs and a light body that can be easily deployed from a stowed configuration to an open configuration, utilizing an actuator and locking mechanism for leg deployment and an adjustable light deploy mechanism, allowing for various support configurations and battery housing with a sealed compartment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If larger lights are used to provide sufficient lighting to the worksite, then illumination intensity is improved, but portability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The light system is divided into separable components: a compact light body and an expandable tripod base. The tripod legs can be folded into the base for transport and deployed when needed, allowing the light to transition between portable and stable configurations. This segmentation enables the light to provide sufficient illumination when deployed while remaining easy to carry during transport.
2Ease of operation
If portable lights are used for easy transportation, then ease of operation is improved, but illumination intensity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The light system incorporates dynamic, adjustable components including telescoping tripod legs with multiple locked positions and an adjustable light body orientation. The tripod legs can be extended to various heights and locked at different positions, while the light body can be oriented at different angles. This dynamic adjustability allows the system to provide sufficient illumination intensity when deployed, while maintaining compact portability for transport.
3Ease of operation
If the light structure is made compact for transportation, then portability is improved, but stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The tripod legs are designed to nest within the base structure when not in use. The legs fold into the base and are stored in a compact arrangement, allowing the entire light system to be transported in a small, portable configuration. When deployed, the legs extend outward and downward to form a stable tripod support structure, providing structural stability for the light body while maintaining compact portability for transportation.
Data Source
AI summary
An area light including a base having a first end and a second end, a pair of legs rotatably coupled to the first end of base, wherein the pair of legs is rotated towards the base when the area light is in a stowed configuration and is rotated away from the base when the area light is in an open configuration, and a light body having a light head. The light body is rotatably coupled to the base on the first end of the base, wherein the light body is rotated towards the base when the area light is in the stowed configuration and is rotated away from the base when the area light is in the open configuration. The pair of legs is rotatably fixed to one another to rotate as a single unit relative to the base.