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US 4,406,040 AGranted
Illumination devices
OwnerRobert P. Cannoneinventor
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Abstract
This invention is related to illumination devices and more particularly to flashlights and flashlight holding implements. A flashlight holding implement and flashlight is attached to a hat brim and enables the user to direct and adjust the angular position of the light beam, and eliminate the need for the user to hand-hold the flashlight while performing the task before him.
Claims2
A flashlight holding implement constructed so as to permit the attachment of a flashlight to a hat brim and allow the angular adjustment of the flashlight comprised of;
- a clip constructed of a resilient material, said clip having an elongated top portion and a reverse-bend and a bottom portion extending back to a length of the top portion and separated from said top portion at such distance as to permit the resiliency of the construction material to firmly clasp a hat brim between the slot formed by the top and bottom portions of the clip, said clip also comprised of two tabs extending beyond the reverse-bend of the clip and positioned perpendicular to the plane of said top portion, said tabs each containing an aperature positioned such that a single straight rod may be connected to each aperature with the axis of the rod parallel to the length of said reverse-bend, one of said tabs comprised of equally spaced ridges extending radially from the center of the aperature and protruding inward toward the other tab, the other of said tabs comprised of a slot to allow one end of said rod to be inserted therein, attached to said clip is an elongated plate comprised of said rod near the front end of said plate, said rod having an axis perpendicular to a main axis of the plate which is perpendicular to the planar portion of said plate and said rod having rod ends extending sufficiently beyond the plate to permit the plate to be held to previously said clip by inserting the rod ends into previously said aperatures, said plate also comprised of an expandable strap with which to fasten a flashlight, said expandable strap fixed to plate by gluing, riveting, or other means, said plate also comprised of a mating tab which co-operates with the previously said ridged tab on the clip, said mating tab positioned over the appropriate protruding rod end of said rod and comprised of ridges extending radially from the center of the appropriately protruding rod end and protruding outwardly from said plate, said plate fixed to said clip by inserting said rod ends into said aperatures and with the ridged tab on said plate mating with the ridged tab on said clip, said mating tabs forming an interlocking mechanism which permits the angular adjustment of said plate by rotating about the rod axis, such rotation permitted by the resiliency of the construction material.
A flashlight body with flashlight holding implement so constructed so as to permit the attachment of said flashlight body to a hat brim and allow the angular adjustment of said flashlight body comprised of;
- a clip constructed of a resilient material, said clip having an elongated top portion and a reverse-bend and a bottom portion extending back to a length of the top portion and separated from said top portion at such distance as to permit the resiliency of the construction material to firmly clasp a hat brim between the slot formed by the top and bottom portions of the clip, said clip also comprised of two tabs extending beyond the reverse-bend of the clip and positioned perpendicular to the plane of said top portion, said tabs each containing an aperature positioned such that a single straight rod may be connected to each aperature with the axis of the rod parallel to the length of said reverse-bend, one of said tabs comprised of equally spaced ridges extending radially fro the center of the aperature and protruding inward towards the other tab, the other of said tabs comprised of a slot to allow one end of said rod to be inserted therein, attached to said clip is a flashlight body of rectangular box or other shape containing conventional flashlight components, said flashlight body comprised of said rod located at the bottom and towards the front of the flashlight body, said rod positioned such that the axis of the rod is perpendicular to the length of the flashlight body, said flashlight body also comprised of mating ridges which co-operate with the previously said ridged tab on the clip, said mating ridges located on the flashlight body are positioned over the appropriate protruding rod end of said rod and extending radially from the center of the appropriately protruding rod end and protruding outward from the flashlight body, said flashlight body fixed to said clip by inserting said rod into said aperatures with the mating ridges on said flashlight body mating with the ridged tab on said clip, said mating ridges forming an interlocking mechanism which permits the angular adjustment of said flashlight body by rotating about the rod and aperature axis, such rotation permitted by the resiliency of the construction material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.