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US 6,270,231 B1Granted
Flashlight holder
OwnerDaniel G. Kerrinventor
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Abstract
A flashlight holder for use with flashlights and which permits the user to control the flashlight while handling another item, such as a firearm. The flashlight holder has a removably attachable collar coupled to a handle. The handle is dimensioned so as to permit the user to control a flashlight to which the collar is attached by holding the handle with a few fingers while making the same hand available for other activities, such as holding a firearm.
Claims3
A flashlight holder, comprising:
- (a) a collar operative to slidably attach to a flashlight housing;
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- (b) a trigger guard engaging mechanism coupled to said collar and operative to removably attach to a trigger guard of a firearm;
- and
- wherein said trigger guard engaging mechanism contains no latch extending through or across an aperture defined by said trigger guard, and
- wherein said collar extends from said trigger guard engaging mechanism such that when said trigger guard engaging mechanism is attached to the trigger guard, said collar is oriented so as to substantially align a flashlight mounted to said collar in a firing direction of the firearm.
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