US 6,981,786 B2
Electrical candle lamp
Hisn-Tien Yao, Taipei (Taiwan); Teng-Huang Chen, Chang Hua Hsien (Taiwan); and Andrew A. Boschetto, Sewell, N.J. (US)
Assigned to International Marketing Corporation, Turnersville, N.J. (US)
Filed on May 23, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/444,097.
Prior Publication US 2004/0233681 A1, Nov. 25, 2004
Int. Cl. F21S 4/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 362—392 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical candle lamp comprising:
a candlestick member having a lower end and an upper end;
a support member provided at said lower end of said candlestick member; and
a light emitting assembly secured to said upper end of said candlestick member;
said light emitting assembly including a base portion comprising at least one electrically conductive contact, a light emitting device mounted to said base portion and an electronic control unit mounted within said base portion of said light emitting assembly for carrying an electrical current from said electrically-conductive contact to said light emitting device and for controlling operation of said light emitting device;
said electronic control unit including an ambient light sensor provided for automatically turning said light emitting device on if an ambient light level is below a predetermined level and for turning said light emitting device off if ambient light level is above said predetermined level.