Flashlight replacement for vehicle ashtray
OwnerOrren L. Coltoninventor
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Abstract
A flashlight assembly for use in a vehicle to replace an ashtray. The flashlight includes a front handle portion conformable to the opening of an ashtray and when inserted into the ashtray opening, in place of the ashtray, blends in with the vehicle console or dashboard. The flashlight is slidably or pivotably mounted in the ashtray opening, and is easily removable from the ashtray opening, for use by an operator or others, as needed. A charging contact may be added to the ashtray opening for recharging a rechargeable flashlight, or batteries held within the flashlight, when the flashlight is inserted fully into the ashtray opening contacting the charging contact.
Claims20
A flashlight assembly comprising, in combination:
- a substantially elongated housing having a first end and a second end;
- said first end of said substantially elongated housing being sized and dimensioned so as to be secured in an ashtray opening in a dashboard of a vehicle;
- said first end being substantially rectangular and secured to said substantially elongated housing and having a lighting portion, including a bulb, a lens and a reflector;
- said substantially elongated housing including means for releasably capturing said flashlight assembly in said ashtray opening;
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- said substantially elongated housing including a substantially rectangular front handle portion secured to said substantially elongated housing, away from said first end, for manipulating said flashlight and inserting said first end into, or removing said first end from said ashtray opening.
A combination flashlight assembly and an ashtray holder in a vehicle comprising:
- an ashtray opening having a substantially rectangular open front formed in the interior of said vehicle;
- a flashlight having an elongated housing with a front holding portion and a first substantially rectangular end having a lighting means therein;
- said lighting means including a bulb, a lens and a reflector, operated by a switch means;
- means for releasably capturing said first substantially rectangular end having said lighting means therein in the substantially rectangular open front of said ashtray opening;
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- means for charging said flashlight when inserted completely into said ashtray opening.
A combination flashlight assembly and an ashtray holder in a vehicle comprising:
- an ashtray opening having a substantially rectangular open front formed in the interior of said vehicle;
- a flashlight having an elongated housing with a first end and a second end, a front holding portion at said second end, and said first end being substantially rectangular with a lighting means therein;
- said front holding portion at said second end being substantially rectangular and covered in a material which matches the interior of said vehicle;
- said lighting means including a bulb, a lens and a reflector, and operated by a switch means connected to a power source;
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- means for releasably capturing said first substantially rectangular end having said lighting means therein in said substantially rectangular open front of said ashtray opening whereby said flashlight may be completely inserted into said ashtray opening whereby said front holding portion at said second end will blend with said interior of said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.