Interface apparatus for mounting a portable illumination tool & related illumination assembly
AssigneeR/M Equipment, Inc.
InventorTodd Griffin
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Abstract
A mounting apparatus (12) for a personal illumination tool (14) having a removable end cap (84) is provided. The apparatus (12) generally includes a sleeve (16) for receipt and retention of the personal illumination tool (14), more particularly, a ring or ring-like member (26) depends from an interior surface of the sleeve (16) for receipt and retention between portions of the illumination tool (14) in furtherance of forming an interference fit therebetween. The sleeve (16) further includes and end portion (18) adapted for affixation to a mount (34). A combination of the apparatus (12) and illumination tool (14) is likewise provided.
Claims26
A mounting structure for a personal illumination tool having a removable end cap, said mounting structure comprising a unitary tubular member within which the personal illumination tool is received and retained, said unitary tubular member including a first end portion characterized by a mount platform having at least one aperture, and a ring integral and protruding from an interior surface of said unitary tubular member, said integral ring delimiting first and second member segments for said unitary tubular member, and captured between an edge of the end cap and a shoulder of the personal illumination tool received within said unitary tubular member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.