Method and apparatus for mounting flashlights to bicycles

Apparatus for mounting a flashlight to a bicycle along a bicycle axis comprising an elongated base having a bottom surface contoured to be seated snugly atop the bicycle steering stem neck with a rear base end located adjacent the stem and with a forward base end located adjacent the neck collar, an elongated cradle having a concave top surface, in which a flashlight may be nestled, pivotably mounted atop said base along a pivot axis located adjacent said base forward end and a forward end of said cradle, means for adjusting the height of a said cradle rear end with respect to said base rear end that includes a threaded post mounted atop said base upon which a thumbscrew is threaded between said cradle and said base whereby the angle of tilt of a flashlight nestled atop said cradle may be altered, and binding means for binding said base snugly to the bicycle stem neck and a flashlight snugly to said cradle so as to apply pressure to the thumbscrew and hold it in a preset position.

Apparatus for mounting a flashlight to a bicycle of the type having a neck that extends from an upright steering stem to a neck collar through which handlebars extend, and with said apparatus comprising a support having a trunk of a trunk length and a crossarm with the bottom surface of said trunk being contoured to be seated flush stop the bicycle neck in mating contact therewith and with the bottom surface of said crossarm being contoured to be seated flush atop the bicycle handlebars;

• and a self-fastening elastic strap mounted at one end to said support substantially centrally of said trunk length of a length sufficient to encircle the support, a flashlight mounted atop said support, and a bicycle neck atop which said support is mounted whereby the strap is the sole essential element attaching the support to the bicycle and the flashlight to the support.