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US 5,541,822 AGranted
Flashlight with pivoting head
AssigneeThe Coleman Company, Inc.
InventorDavid J. Bamber
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AssigneeThe Coleman Company, Inc.
InventorDavid J. Bamber
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A flashlight includes a body for holding a battery and a head which is pivotally mounted on the body. The body includes a pair of spaced-apart hinge portions, and a hinge portion of the head is positioned between the spaced-apart hinge portions and retained by a pivot pin. The head is pivotable between a first position in which the light beam from the head is parallel with the longutidnal axis of the body and a second position in which the light beam is perpendicular to the axis of the body. Detents on the pivot pin and on the head maintain the head in a selected position. A wire for maintaining electrical contact between a light in the head and the battery as the head pivots extends from the head through the pivot pin and into the body. A movable support clip on the body supports the body in a vertical position on a horizontal surface when the head is in the second position.
A flashlight comprising an elongated main housing having a pair of ends, a hinge housing attached to one end of the main housing, a head housing pivotally secured to the hinge housing about an axis which extends generally transversely to the elongated main housing, a pivoting pin which extends from the hinge housing into the head housing along said axis, detent means on the pivot pin and detent means on one of said hinge housing and head housing for maintaining the head housing at a plurality of rotational positions relative to the hinge housing, a light holder mounted in the head housing, a wire extending from the light holder through the pivot pin and into the hinge housing, a battery contact in the main housing, and an electrical connection between the wire and the battery contact whereby the light holder remains electrically connected to the battery contact as the head housing pivots about the hinge housing.
A flashlight comprising a body having a pair of ends and extending along a longitudinal axis, and a head pivotally secured to one end of the body and including a light source for directing a light beam along a beam axis, the body having a pair of spaced-apart hinge portions at said one end, the head having a hinge portion which extends between the spaced-apart hinge portions of the body, and a hinge pin which extends through the hinge portions of the body and the hinge portion of the head and which pivotally secures the head for pivoting movement through about 180.degree. between a first position in which the beam axis is perpendicular to the body axis and the light beam is directed away from the body and a second opposite position in which the beam axis is perpendicular to the body axis and the light beam is directed away from the body, the flashlight including a support clip movably mounted on the other end of the body for movement between a storage position in which the support clip is positioned substantially within the periphery of the main housing and a support position in which the support clip extends transversely from the main housing for supporting the main housing on a horizontal surface.
A flashlight comprising a body having a pair of ends, and a head pivotally secured to one end of the body, the body having a pair of spaced-apart hinge portions at said one end, the head having a hinge portion which extends between the spaced-apart hinge portions of the body, and a hinge pin which extends through the hinge portions of the body and the hinge portion of the head and which pivotally secures the head for pivoting movement through about 180.degree., each of the hinge portions of the body including spaced-apart inner and outer walls, each of the inner and outer walls having an opening for the hinge pin, at least one of said openings being non-circular for preventing rotation of the hinge pin relative to the body.
A flashlight comprising a body having a pair of ends and extending along a longitudinal axis, and a head pivotally secured to one end of the body and including a light source for directing a light beam along a beam axis, the body having a pair of spaced-apart hinge portions at said one end, the head having a hinge portion which extends between the spaced-apart hinge portions of the body, and a hinge pin which extends through the hinge portions of the body and the hinge portion of the head and which pivotally secures the head for pivoting movement between a first position in which the beam axis and the body axis are generally parallel and a second position in which the beam axis and the body axis are generally perpendicular, each of the hinge portions of the body including front and rear surfaces which extend generally parallel to the body axis, the hinge portion of the head including front and rear surfaces which remain inside of the front and rear surfaces of the hinge portions of the body when the head pivots between the first and second positions.
The flashlight of 12 in which the front and rear surfaces of the hinge portions of the body are adapted to support the flashlight on a horizontal surface with the body axis extending generally horizontally when the head is positioned in either the first or second positions or in any intermediate position.
A flashlight comprising:
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