Portable fluorescent lighting system

摘要

A portable fluorescent lighting system comprises an extremely lightweight corrugated plastic panel made into five subpanels by removing two flutes of the corrugation out to provide for hinging. At each end of each subpanel an oval shape channel is attached such that a deformable and form retaining shaft may be inserted for the purpose of preventing the subpanels to revert back to their original positions and remain in the desired configuration. Each oval channel is fixed to the subpanels to allow for a gap equal to no less than the hinge area created by removal of the flutes. The oval channel is larger than the form retaining wire to allow for a floating fit and for easy replacement in the event of shaft breaking. At least one elongate fluorescent light source is placed on the center subpanel and other four subpanels are used to control the direction of or limit the output of the fluorescent light as well as act as an enclosure box. The invention utilizes a locking lamp holder for firmly holding onto the pins of the fluorescent lamp and also feeding power to said lamp via a remote ballast and protable wire lamp harness outside the lighting system. In order to easily mount or hold the lighting system in place at any desired location and allow the system to be easily oriented in different directions, the lighting system utilizes a mounting device comprising a holding plate which consists of a ball and socket swiveling device to pivot and direct the position of the system. The holding plate is removably coupled, via a pair of "Nylatch" push-pin fasteners, to a mating plate which is attached to the rear of the center subpanel. The holding plate is mounted or held in place by a conventional motion picture stand called a "Century Stand" designed to hold flags and cutters.