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US 2002/0154500 A1Published application
Flashlight securement systems
AssigneeSureFire, LLC
InventorJohn W. Matthews
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods directed to a hand holdable flashlight including a battery housing having an undercut groove to which is removably fitted a head of an interface device which itself is removably securable to the object.
Claims40
Flashlight apparatus securable to an object, comprising in combination:
- a flashlight including a battery housing;
- an undercut groove in said battery housing, said undercut groove having an opening at one end thereof;
- an interface device adapted to be removably secured to the object and including a head adapted to be removably fitted into said undercut groove through said opening for holding said flashlight;
- and
- a component secured to said battery housing in the vicinity of said one end for blocking removal of said head from said undercut groove through said opening when fitted into said undercut groove, said component being removable from the vicinity of said one end for permitting removal of said head from said undercut groove through said opening.
2 more elements
Flashlight apparatus securable to an object, comprising in combination:
- a flashlight including a battery housing;
- an undercut groove in said battery housing, said undercut groove having an opening at one end thereof;
- an interface device adapted to be removably securable to the object and including a head removably fitted into said undercut groove through said opening;
- and
- a component secured to said battery housing in the vicinity of said one end and blocking removal of said head from said undercut groove through said opening, said component being removable from the vicinity of said one end for permitting said head to be removed from said undercut groove through said opening and for permitting said head when removed to be fitted into said undercut groove through said opening.
2 more elements
In a method of securing a flashlight to an object, the steps comprising:
- providing a battery housing for the flashlight including an undercut groove in said battery housing, said undercut groove having an opening at one end thereof;
- providing a component adapted to be secured to said battery housing in the vicinity of said one end of said undercut groove and to be removed from the vicinity of said one end;
- providing an interface device adapted to be removably secured to the object and including a head adapted to be removably fitted into said undercut groove through said opening for holding said flashlight;
- placing said flashlight to said interface device with said head fitted into said undercut groove through said opening;
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- securing said component to said battery housing in the vicinity of said one end of said undercut groove for blocking removal of said head through said opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.