# US 11,898,740 B2 · Multi-purpose flashlight > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,898,740 B2 - Document ID: US11898740B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/959,590 - Filed: 2022-10-04 - Published: 2023-04-06 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-04 - Assignees: Promier Products Inc. - Applicants: Promier Products Inc. - Inventors: Cody Duane Grandadam - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11898740B2 ## CPC - F21V 33/0084: {Hand tools; Toolboxes} - A62B 3/005: {Rescue tools with forcing action} - F21L 4/022: {Pocket lamps} - F23Q 2/32: Lighters characterised by being combined with other objects (combinations with smokers' equipment A24F) - A62B 3/00: Devices or single parts for facilitating escape from buildings or the like, e.g. protection shields, protection screens; Portable devices for preventing smoke penetrating into distinct parts of buildings (A62B1/00 takes precedence) - B25F 1/00: Combination or multi-purpose hand tools (associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means B25F3/00; {combined stapling and punching tools B25C5/0214}) - B25F 1/003: {of pliers'-, scissors'- or wrench-type with at least one movable jaw (B25F1/006 takes precedence)} - B25F 1/006: {with percussion tool-heads or -blades, e.g. hammers, axes} - B25F 1/02: with interchangeable or adjustable tool elements - B25F 1/04: wherein the elements are brought into working positions by a pivoting or sliding movement - B25G 1/08: with provision for storing tool elements - B26B 11/008: {comprising electronic or electrical features, e.g. illuminating means, computing devices or sensors} - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A62B: DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING (valves specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; life-saving devices, apparatus or methods specially adapted for use in water B63C9/00; divers' equipment B63C11/00; specially adopted for use with aircraft, e.g. parachutes, ejector seats, {B64D17/00, B64D25/10}; rescue devices peculiar to mining E21F11/00) - F21L: LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION - F23Q: IGNITION (devices or installations peculiar to internal-combustion engines F02P; of cigarettes or tobacco A24F; compositions therefor, chemical igniters C06C); EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES - B25F: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR {(machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass B23P23/00 and subgroups)} - B25G: HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B) - B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H) - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract A multi-purpose flashlight having a plurality of internal and external accessories that are designed to allow the user to perform a variety of activities which increases the utility of the flashlight. Said multi-purpose flashlight includes a handle assembly and main body assembly. The handle assembly of the flashlight includes a cutting and opening assembly, a magnetic attachment means, and a bit attachment means. Meanwhile, the main body assembly including a lighter assembly, a lighting assembly, and a removable cap including a glass-breaker, the removable cap being configured to removably enclose the lighter assembly. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A multi-purpose flashlight, comprising: a handle assembly including a cutting and opening assembly, a magnetic attachment means, and a bit attachment means; a main body assembly including a lighter assembly and a lighting assembly, wherein the operational mode of the lighter assembly and the lighting assembly is controlled by a controller assembly; and a removable cap including a glass-breaker, the removable cap being configured to removably enclose the lighter assembly. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 1, further including an attachment mechanism that is removably coupled to the main body assembly; wherein in a first position, the attachment mechanism is coupled to a support object in a first location; and wherein in a second position, (i) the flashlight is disconnected from the support object and brought by a user to a second location distant from the first location and (ii) the lighting element provides illumination to the second location. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 1, wherein the cutting and opening assembly includes a blade and a beverage opener that has a protrusion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 3, wherein the blade resides inward of the beverage opener. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 3, wherein the blade resides inward of the protrusion of the beverage opener. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 1, wherein the magnetic attachment means is positioned substantially flush with the lowermost surface of the flashlight and has a recess. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 6, wherein the recess of the magnetic attachment means is configured to receive an extent of the bit attachment means. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 1, wherein the lighter assembly is a plasma lighter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 1, wherein the handle assembly includes a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the bottom portion includes a knife blade extending therefrom. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 9, wherein the top portion includes a receiver that is configured to receive the knife blade when the flashlight is an assembled state (SA). ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 10, when the flashlight is in the assembled state (SA), the knife is concealed within an outer wall arrangement of the top portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 2, wherein the attachment mechanism is removably connected to the main body and is deployed from the main body in an extended position. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 12, wherein the attachment mechanism includes an attachment ring and at least one of a can opener, a saw blade, a hex wrench and a straight edge. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The multi-purpose flashlight of claim 13, wherein in the extended position, the attachment mechanism is outwardly deployed such that the user has access to and can selectively utilize the can opener, the saw, and/or the hex wrench to perform desired tasks while using the main body and handle assembly of the flashlight as a lever to increase the force applied by the user while performing these tasks.