US 4,907,769 AGranted

Flashlight holder

AssigneedreEDco, Inc.

InventorsEugene C. Hunley, Jr., Eddie W. Derryberry, Charles D. Wachs, David A. Patton, Richard L. Bennett

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Abstract

A flashlight holder includes a C-shaped clamp that holds a flashlight by friction. The clamp is attached by an angled arm to a tripod that supports the arm in a fixed position of choice. Magnet assemblies in the legs of the tripod are mounted so as to swivel, allowing the flashlight holder to be secured by magnetic force to a ferromagnetic surface. The flashlight holder is preferably made of low-density polypropylene, which is both inexpensive to buy and easy to mold in molds that require little or no relief. The angled arm makes it easy to set a flashlight at any orientation with respect to an iron or steel surface to provide light to work on car and truck engines and the like.

Claims1

Dependent claims

A flashlight holder comprising:

(a) a plurality of legs connected to form a tripod;
(b) a bracket connected to the tripod;
(c) a clamp having a C-shaped portion;
(d) an arm connected to the clamp and adapted to be connected movably to the bracket;
(e) means for locking the arm in a fixed position with respect to the bracket;
and
(f) a plurality of magnet mounts, one of each of the magnet mounts connected to one of each of the legs to secure the tripod to a ferromagnetic surface, each of the magnet mounts including a substantially cylindrical permanent magnet having a cylindrical portion removed on an axis of the magnet to form a first hold, a ferromagnetic disc having an outer diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the permanent magnet and having a circular portion removed to form a second hole that is larger than the first hole, and a plastic ball having a shoulder and a stud, the shoulder and stud having cylindrical symmetry about a center line, the plastic ball having a partially spherical portion with a diameter along the center line, the stud sized to clear the second hole and make an interference fit with the first hole to hold the magnet mount together.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.