Clip-type object attachment systems
AssigneeSureFire, LLC
InventorJohn Wallace Matthews
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Abstract
A portable device is equipped with a clip for attachment thereof to an object. That device is provided with an undercut groove, and the clip is provided with a head fitting into that undercut groove. The clip is attached to the portable device by fitting that head of the clip into that undercut groove. A portable device may comprise a combination of an undercut groove and a device attachment clip having a head fit into that undercut groove. A clip for attachment of a portable device to an object may have a combination of a bent over end portion and lateral protrusions on that bent over end portion, such as for engagement of undercut sides of a groove in a portable device.
Claims43
Flashlight apparatus comprising in combination:
- a flashlight including a battery housing;
- an undercut groove in said battery housing;
- said undercut groove having an opening at one end thereof, said undercut groove including lateral grooves below overhangs;
- a clip including a head removably fitted into said undercut groove through said opening, said clip including a bent over portion at said head, said bent over portion being at said opening, said head having lateral protrusions fitting into said lateral grooves;
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- a removable component secured to said battery housing at said bent over portion of said clip and blocking removal of said head through said opening.
Flashlight apparatus comprising in combination:
- a flashlight including a battery housing;
- an undercut groove in said battery housing, said undercut groove having an opening at one end thereof, said undercut groove having lateral grooves below overhangs;
- a clip including a head adapted to be removably fitted into said undercut groove through said opening, said clip including a bent over portion at said head, said bent over portion being at said opening when said head is fitted into said undercut groove, said head having lateral protrusions fitting into said lateral grooves;
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- a removable component adapted to be secured to said battery housing in the vicinity of said opening of said undercut groove for blocking removal of said head from said undercut groove through said opening.
In a method of equipping a flashlight with a clip for attachment thereof to an object, the steps comprising:
- providing a battery housing for the flashlight including an undercut groove in said battery housing, said undercut groove having an opening at one end thereof;
- providing a component adapted to be removably secured to said battery housing in the vicinity of said opening;
- providing the clip with a head adapted to be removably fitted into said undercut groove through said opening, said head provided with lateral protrusions fitting into lateral grooves below overhangs of said undercut groove;
- providing said clip with a bent over portion at said head;
- attaching said clip to said flashlight by fitting said head into said undercut groove through said opening with said bent over portion being at said opening;
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- removably securing said component to said battery housing at said bent over portion for blocking removal of said head from said undercut groove through said opening.
Flashlight apparatus comprising in combination:
- a flashlight including a battery housing;
- an undercut groove in said battery housing, said undercut groove having an opening at one end thereof, said undercut groove having lateral grooves below overhangs;
- a clip including a head adapted to be removably fitted into said undercut groove through said opening, said head having lateral protrusions fitting into said lateral grooves;
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- a removable component secured to said battery housing and blocking removal of said head through said opening.
Flashlight apparatus comprising in combination:
- a flashlight including a battery housing;
- an undercut groove in said battery housing, said undercut groove having an opening at one end thereof, said undercut groove having lateral grooves below overhangs;
- a clip including a head adapted to be removably fitted into said undercut groove through said opening, said head having lateral protrusions fitting into said lateral grooves;
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- a removable component adapted to be secured to said battery housing in the vicinity of said opening of said undercut groove for blocking removal of said head from said undercut groove through said opening.
In a method of equipping a flashlight with a clip for attachment thereof to an object, the steps comprising:
- providing a battery housing for the flashlight including an undercut groove in said battery housing, said undercut groove having an opening at one end thereof;
- providing a component adapted to be removably secured to said battery housing in the vicinity of said opening;
- providing the clip with a head adapted to be removably fitted into said undercut groove through said opening, said head provided with lateral protrusions fitting into lateral grooves below overhangs of said undercut groove;
- attaching said clip to said flashlight by fitting said head into said undercut groove through said opening;
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- removably securing said component to said battery housing for blocking removal of said head from said undercut groove through said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.