Flashlight with a safety point and method of production thereof
OwnerArthur C. Outsen, Daniel C. Outseninventors
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Abstract
A flashlight has a safety point that can break a glass window in an emergency. The flashlight comprises a handle, a lamp at the first end of a handle, an end cap at the second end of a handle, and a safety point base coupled to the end cap. The safety point base includes an intermediate support cylinder, an enlarged end plate, a central cylinder, and a central peg. There is a central bore, which is throughout the intermediate support cylinder, the enlarged end plate, and the central cylinder, the central peg being received into the central bore. The central peg has a cylindrical portion and a safety point tip portion which protrudes from the enlarged end plate.
Claims28
A safety point for a flashlight comprising a safety point base having:
- an intermediate support cylinder having a central bore;
- an enlarged end plate adjacent the intermediate support cylinder and having a central bore corresponding with the central bore of the intermediate support cylinder;
- a central cylinder having a central bore corresponding with the central bores of the intermediate support cylinder and the enlarged end plate, wherein the intermediate support cylinder is positioned in between the central cylinder and the enlarged end plate;
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- a central peg having a cylindrical portion received in the corresponding central bores and a safety point tip portion which protrudes from the enlarged end plate.
A flashlight with a safety point comprising:
- a handle having a first end and a second end;
- a lamp coupled to the first end of the handle;
- an end cap coupled to the second end of the handle;
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- a safety point base coupled with the end cap,
- wherein the safety point base has:
- an intermediate support cylinder having a central bore;
- an enlarged end plate adjacent the intermediate support cylinder and having a central bore corresponding with the central bore of the intermediate support cylinder;
- a central cylinder having a central bore corresponding with the central bores of the intermediate support cylinder and the enlarged end plate, wherein the intermediate support cylinder is positioned in between the central cylinder and the enlarged end plate;
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- a central peg having a cylindrical portion received in the corresponding central bores and a safety point tip portion which protrudes from the enlarged end plate.
A method of producing a flashlight with a safety point having a safety point base, the safety point base having an intermediate support cylinder having a central bore;
- an enlarged end plate adjacent the intermediate support cylinder and having a central bore corresponding with the central bore of the intermediate support cylinder;
- a central cylinder having a central bore corresponding with the central bores of the intermediate support cylinder and the enlarged end plate, wherein the intermediate support cylinder is positioned in between the central cylinder and the enlarged end plate;
- and a central peg having a cylindrical portion received in the corresponding central bores and a safety point tip portion which protrudes from the enlarged end plate, the method comprising:
- making a first hole in an end cap of a flashlight to produce an opening for receiving the safety point base;
- making a second hole in the safety point base to produce the corresponding central bores of the enlarged end plate, the intermediate support cylinder, and the central cylinder;
- inserting the central peg into the corresponding central bores;
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- inserting the safety point base into the opening of the end cap.
An end cap for a flashlight comprising:
- a base with an inner surface and outer surface, the inner surface being capable of coupling to an end of the flashlight;
- a central peg having a main portion for attachment to the base and a pointed tip that protrudes from the outer surface of the base;
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- a protective rubber dome cap placed over the pointed tip of the central peg and attached to the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.