# US 2013/0155665 A1 · Portable Light

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- Number: US 2013/0155665 A1
- Document ID: US20130155665A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/815,253
- Filed: 2013-02-14
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2010-05-21
- Assignees: Walter R. Tucker Enterprises, Ltd.
- Inventors: Mark H. Tucker; Yalin Liu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130155665A1

## CPC

- F21L 4/02: characterised by the provision of two or more light sources
- F21L 4/027: {the light sources being a LED}
- F21V 21/0885: {for portable lighting devices}
- F21V 23/0428: {the switch being part of, or disposed on the lamp head portion thereof}
- F21V 15/015: Devices for covering joints between adjacent lighting devices; End coverings
- F21Y 2103/10: comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
- F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED]
- F21L: LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- 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 portable light is disclosed including a housing having an upper end, a lower end and a cavity for receiving a power source therein. The housing further includes at the upper end a channel having channel walls and a plurality of LED lights in the channel. The channel walls have a height greater than the height of the LED lights.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A portable light comprising:
a housing having an upper end, a lower end and a cavity for receiving a power source therein;
said housing further comprising at said upper end a channel having a first channel wall and a second channel wall, said first channel wall and said second channel wall being spaced apart substantially equidistant from each other and parallel to each other, and a plurality of LED lights in said channel arranged in a column; and
wherein said channel walls have a height greater than the height of said LED lights.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The portable light of claim 1 wherein said housing includes a clamping means.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The portable light of claim 2 wherein said clamping means is attached to said housing by a plurality of leg members.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The portable light of claim 1 wherein said housing includes a removable end cap at the lower end of said housing.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The portable light of claim 4 wherein said end cap and said lower end of said housing include cooperating thread means constructed and arranged to allow removal and attachment of said end cap to said housing.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The portable light of claim 5 wherein said thread means comprises corresponding T-shaped spiral grooves and T-shaped spiral tongues.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The portable light of claim 1 wherein said housing has a substantially flat front face and substantially semi-circular side walls.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The portable light of claim 1 wherein said housing further includes a switch cavity at said upper end of said housing and an elastic switch member disposed therein for turning said portable light on and off.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The portable light of claim 1 wherein said power source comprises one or more batteries.

### Claim 10

A portable light comprising:
a housing having an upper end, a lower end, a cavity for receiving a power source therein and a removable end cap at the lower end of said housing;
said housing further comprising a substantially flat front face and a substantially semi-circular side wall, an upper end of said substantially flat front face further includes a channel having a first channel wall and a second channel wall, said first channel wall and said second channel wall being spaced apart substantially equidistant from each other and parallel to each other, and a plurality of LED lights in a column in said channel, wherein said channel walls have a height greater than the height of said LED lights;
said housing further having a switch cavity at said upper end of said housing for turning said portable light on and off.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The portable light of claim 10 wherein said housing includes a clamping means.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The portable light of claim 11 wherein said clamping means is attached to said housing by a plurality of leg members.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The portable light of claim 10 wherein said end cap and said lower end of said housing include cooperating thread means constructed and arranged to allow removal and attachment of said end cap to said housing.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The portable light of claim 13 wherein said thread means comprises corresponding T-shaped spiral grooves and T-shaped spiral tongues.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The portable light of claim 10 wherein said plurality of LED lights comprises at least four LED lights.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The portable light of claim 10 wherein said power source comprises one or more batteries.