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US 5,396,037 AGranted
Light switch extension
OwnerKeith Moore, Luke J. LaPanneinventors
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Abstract
An elongate support rod has a handle at one end and damp structure at its other end, with the damp structure arranged for mounting to a light switch lever, wherein the handle is arranged to provide for illumination for indication of the structure, such that a child and the like may be availed to project the structure to effect actuation of an associated light switch member.
Claims3
A light switch extension comprising:
- a first jaw plate and a second jaw plate, said first jaw plate being spaced from said second jaw plate in a coextensive relationship, the first jaw plate having a first jaw plate first end and the second jaw plate having a second jaw plate first end, with the first jaw plate first end defining a first jaw and the second jaw plate first end defining a second jaw, with the first jaw and the second jaw arranged in a coplanar relationship relative to one another, with the first jaw having first jaw teeth, the second jaw having second jaw teeth;
- an axle extending between the first jaw plate and the second jaw plate;
- a support head, the axle being received through the support head in contiguous communication with the first jaw plate and the second jaw plate,
- a clamp rod fixedly mounted to the second jaw plate and extending through the first jaw plate;
- a fastener mounted to the clamp rod to effect projection of the first jaw plate towards the second jaw plate;
- a support shaft extending from the support head and fixedly mounted to the support head, said support shaft including a handle, said handle having a handle cavity for receiving a battery, and said handle having a handle free end;
- a cap member removably mounted to said handle;
- electrical contact means for contacting a battery positioned within said handle cavity;
- an on/off switch in electrical communication with said electrical contact means, the on/off switch projecting through said handle from said handle cavity;
- and,
- signal means projecting through the handle for directing illumination exteriorly of the handle to indicate orientation of the handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.