ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,609, issued on Aug. 12.

"Spherical lamp with charging base having threaded head" was invented by Yuanzhen Qiu (Yiyang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spherical lamp includes a lamp head with an AC power to low-voltage DC power conversion board; and a detachable body having an LED light source, a battery, and a conductive plate. When the body is detached from the lamp head, the battery powers the LED light source. The power conversion board has a plurality of elastic conductive pins, aligning with corresponding concentric conductive copper foils on the conductive plate, enabling electrical connection when the lamp head and bod...