Donald V Rowe

US Patent:

44750676, Oct 2, 1984

Filed:

May 28, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/382925

Inventors:

Donald L. Rowe - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

H05B 3702

US Classification:

315360

Abstract:

A device for illuminating the area surrounding a door lock or other relatively small area includes in a preferred embodiment a housing that is mounted on the door or other surface adjacent the area to be illuminated, the housing having a translucent portion through which an electrically energized lamp emits light. The lamp is energized by a battery connected thereto by an electronic circuit having a time-delay sub-circuit for de-energizing the lamp at the expiration of a prescribed time period. The time-delay sub-circuit further includes a means for varying the period of time that the lamp is energized.