Device for mounting flashlights to bicycles

A device for removably mounting a flashlight to the handlebar of a bicycle, the handlebar of the bicycle having a cylindrical cross-sectional shape in a plane transverse to its length, said device comprising:

• a first support mount for mounting to said handlebar, said first support mount comprising:
• a first portion and a second portion, said first and said second portions each having an inside surface and an outer surface, a first end wall and a second end wall, each of said portions being substantially annular in shape, wherein each of said inner surfaces are concave and each of said outer surfaces are convex, said first end of said first portion being hingedly coupled to said first end of said second portion, wherein said first portion moves between an open and a closed position with respect to said second portion, wherein said closed position is defined by said second end of said first portion being adjacent to said second end of said second portion, said inner surfaces of said first and second portions having ridges formed thereon;
• a first bore, said first bore being in said second end of said second portion, an inner surface of said first bore being threaded;
• a second bore being in said second end of said first portion of said support mount, said second bore extending from said second end of said first portion through said outer surface of said first portion;
• a screw for releasably coupling said first portion to said second portion, wherein said screw is placed in second bore and screwed into said first bore;
• a second support mount for holding said flashlight, said second support mount being fixedly coupled to said outer surface of said first portion of said first support mount, said second support mount being substantially annular in shape, an axis of said second support mount being oriented generally perpendicular to an axis of said first support mount;
• said second support mount having a gap therein, said gap being between spaced ends for forming flexible fingers for gripping a substantially cylindrical flashlight body;
• and
• wherein said first and second support mounts are formed from elastomeric material.