LED night light with projection feature

US008l28274B2

(12) Umted States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 8,128,274 B2 Chien (45) Date of Patent: Mar. 6, 2012 (54) LED NIGHT LIGHT WITH PROJECTION (56) References Cited FEATURE ~ ~ U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (76) Inventor: Tseng-Lu Ch1en, Sh1-Ch1ToWn (TW) 5,517,264 A ,, 5/1996 Sutton ““““““““““““““ “ 353/71 _ _ _ _ _ 5,926,440 A * 7/1999 Chien 362/641 ( * ) Not1ce: Subject to any d1scla1mer, the term ofth1s 7,267,444 B2 * 9/2007 Black, Jr‘ 353/79 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 7,329,035 B2* 2/2008 Feliciano 362/644 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. 7,419,294 B2 * 9/2008 Lai ............ .. 362/641 7,478,912 B2* 1/2009 Black, Jr. 353/70 7,717,570 B2* 5/2010 Black, Jr. 353/70

(21) Appl.No.: 12/907,443

7,832,917 B2 * 11/2010 Chien ......................... .. 362/641 * cited by examiner

Primary Examiner * Bao Q Truong
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

(57) ABSTRACT

An LED night light for night time or dark area use may be arranged as a plug-in Wall outlet night light or a direct current that includes projection features to project an image, message, data, logo, and/ or time on a ceiling, Walls, floor, or other desired surface. The LED night light incorporates optics selected from an optics-lens, convex lens, concave lens, openings, cut-outs, film, grating means, and/ or hologram means to create the preferred image and project it to a desired location.

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