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US 2009/0154161 A1Published application
Light with a clip
AssigneePelican Products, Inc.
InventorsDavid H. Parker, Kevin Deighton, Mac Kidakarn
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Abstract
A portable light intended for mounting on a garment as support includes two LED light sources spaced apart towards the rear of the portable light. A clipped base below on anchor facilitates locating a garment between the anchor and the base, and a spring action urges the base toward the anchor. A hingedly movable head for the LEDs is mounted on the housing to move to and form the housing. An opening of the housing causes a switch in the housing to move between an opened and closed position such that a circuit actives or deactivates the LED lights when the head opens or closes relative to the housing.
Claims17
1-18. (canceled)
19:
- A portable light for mounting on a support comprising:
- an anchor having a top face, a bottom face, a first side, a second side, a front end, and a back end, the anchor having a generally decreasing latitudinal width defined by the first and second side such that the latitudinal width towards the front end is less than the latitudinal width towards the back end, the anchor enclosing a power source;
- a hinge located at the back end of the anchor;
- a head connected to the hinge such that in a closed position the head is positioned on the top face of the anchor and only extends past the hinge in a direction towards the front end of the anchor, the head including a light source;
- a switch for the light source, the switch being operable by movement of the head relative to the anchor;
- and
- a base hingedly connected on the bottom face of the anchor.
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20:
- The portable light of claim 19 wherein the base has a width, the width of the base towards the front end of the anchor being greater than the width of the base towards the back end of the anchor.
21:
- The portable light of claim 19 wherein the anchor has a generally decreasing thickness defined by the top and bottom face such that the thickness towards the front end is less than the thickness towards the back end.
22:
- The portable light of claim 19 wherein the head has a length approximately 50% of a longitudinal length defined by the back end and front end of the anchor and the light source is located approximately at the middle of the anchor when the head is in the closed position.
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- The portable light of claim 19 wherein the light source illuminates a light beam essentially solely in a direction away from the anchor.
24:
- The portable light of claim 19 further including a friction element in the hinge between the head and the anchor, thereby stabilizing the head in a position relative to the anchor.
25:
- The portable light of claim 19 wherein the head includes at least two light sources.
26:
- The portable light of claim 19 wherein the light source is an LED.
27:
- A portable light for mounting on a support comprising:
- an anchor having a top face, a bottom face, a first side, a second side, a front end, and a back end, the anchor having a generally decreasing latitudinal width defined by the first and second side such that the latitudinal width towards the front end is less than the latitudinal width towards the back end, the anchor enclosing a power source;
- a hinge located at the back end of the anchor;
- a head connected to the hinge of the anchor such that in a closed position the head is positioned on the top face of the anchor and only extends past the hinge in a direction towards the front end of the anchor, the head having a width substantially the same as the width of the anchor underneath the head, the head including a light source, the light source located approximately at the middle of the anchor when the head is in the closed position;
- a switch for the light source, the switch being operable by movement of the head relative to the anchor;
- and
- a base hingedly connected on the bottom face of the anchor.
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28:
- The portable light of claim 27 wherein the base has a width, the width of the base towards the front end of the anchor being greater than the width of the base towards the back end of the anchor.
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- The portable light of claim 27 wherein the anchor has a generally decreasing thickness defined by the top and bottom face such that the thickness towards the front end is less than the thickness towards the back end.
30:
- The portable light of claim 27 wherein the light source illuminates a light beam essentially solely in a direction away from the anchor.
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- The portable light of claim 27 further including a friction element in the hinge between the head and the anchors thereby stabilizing the head in a position relative to the anchor.
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- The portable light of claim 27 wherein the head includes at least two light sources.
33:
- The portable light of claim 27 wherein the light source is an LED.
34:
- A portable light for mounting on a support comprising:
- an anchor having a top face, a bottom face, a first side, a second side, a front end, and a back end, the anchor having a generally decreasing latitudinal width defined by the first and second side such that the latitudinal width towards the front end is less than the latitudinal width towards the back end, the anchor enclosing a power source;
- a hinge located at the back end of the anchor;
- a head connected to the hinge such that in a closed position the head is positioned on the top face of the anchor and only extends past the hinge in a direction towards the front end of the anchor, the head including a light source, the light source illuminating a light beam essentially solely in a direction away from the anchor;
- a switch for the light source, the switch being operable by movement of the head relative to the anchor;
- and
- a base hingedly connected on the bottom face of the anchor.
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