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US 7,246,927 B2Granted
Fluorescent flashlight
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsDavid L. Wikle, Nicholas E. Achterberg, William J. Robinson, Lindsay A. Dilley
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Abstract
A portable light is provided with a hook cylinder assembly which includes a retracting hook rod connected to a rotor assembly. The hook rod and rotor assembly can be rotated and held in position with respect to a remainder of the hook cylinder assembly. A hook located at an end of the hook rod can thus be oriented in a desired direction.
Claims9
A portable light, comprising:
- a housing having a retractable hook assembly and a bulb socket in which a bulb is disposed;
- the retractable hook assembly including an axially slidable and rotatable hook rod that extends out through an end of the housing and has a hook at a distal end disposed outside the housing and a latch that holds the slidable hook rod in one of a plurality of rotational positions when the hook rod is in an extended position, the hook at the distal end of the hook rod in spaced relation with the end of the housing through which the hook rod extends when the hook rod is in the extended position, the hook is flush with the housing when the hook rod is in a retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.