DEPLOYABLE-BASE LIGHT FIXTURES AND RELATED METHODS

Some of the disclosed fixtures include a base defining a plane and an elongated arm having a first end that is pivotally coupled to the base via a hinge such that the arm is movable relative to the base between stowed and deployed positions in which the first end of the arm is substantially parallel and substantially perpendicular, respectively, to the plane, and a second end that is couplable to a light source. In some fixtures, movement of the arm to the deployed position moves or enables movement of the hinge to an engaged position in which the hinge prevents movement of the arm from the deployed position toward the stowed position via contacting hinge bearing surfaces. In some fixtures, only when the arm is in the deployed position, the hinge is in or movable to an engaged position that prevents movement of the arm from the deployed position.