Abstract: A solar-powered, collapsible lantern that employs a frame assembly of an umbrella and which is movable between a collapsed, storage position and an expanded, deployed position. The solar-powered lantern includes a plurality of light sources supported by the frame assembly for illumination of the lantern and the surrounding environment when the lantern is manipulated from a collapsed, storage position to an expanded, deployed position. The solar-powered lantern may include a removable hook to suspend the lantern from a suspension point. The hook may be interchanged with a removable stake that is insertable into a support surface, to support or otherwise anchor the lantern on the support surface. The power source may include at least one solar panel configured for selective movement to permit adjustable orientation of the at least one solar panel relative to the sun.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing light having a three-dimensional lighting effect. The apparatus includes a light source, a cover, an inner opaque reflecting layer, and an outer refracting layer. The cover has first light transmittance value. The opaque reflecting layer is applied to an inner surface of the cover. The outer refracting layer is applied to an outer surface of the cover, and has a second light transmittance value which is less than that of the cover. A pattern is added between the inner and outer layers. In operation, a first portion of the light emitted by the light source passes through the inner layer, the cover, and the outer layer, and a second portion of the light bounces between the outer refracting layer and the opaque reflecting layer before passing through the outer refracting layer. Additionally, an interior refracting layer may be used to spread the light more widely and evenly onto the opaque reflecting layer.