Portable light assembly
AssigneeDentCraft Tools Limited Partnership
InventorSidney Quinn Emmert
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Abstract
An apparatus and associated method for operating a portable light assembly. In accordance with some embodiments, a frame providing a bridge and defining a transport region and a deployment region is slidingly connected to a mast. An arm is further connected to the mast by a hinge while a light fixture is connected to the arm. In various embodiments, the light fixture is capable of transitioning from a deployed position where the mast engages the deployment region and a transport position where the mast and light fixture are disposed within the transport region.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising a hinge capable of selectively securing a first protrusion in relation to a second protrusion, the first protrusion having a recess defined by first and second interior chambers respectively positioned on inlet and outlet sides of a friction member, the recess configured to enclose and route a cord from the inlet side of the friction member to the outlet side by encircling a central aperture.
An apparatus comprising a hinge capable of selectively securing a first protrusion in relation to a second protrusion, wherein the hinge encloses a cord that connects an electrical device connected to the first protrusion with a power source positioned adjacent to the second protrusion, the cord enclosed in a recess defined by first and second interior chambers respectively positioned on inlet and outlet sides of a friction member, the recess configured to route the cord from the inlet side of the friction member to the outlet side by encircling a central aperture.
A method comprising:
- providing a hinge with at least a first and second protrusion;
- enclosing a cord in a recess of the first protrusion, the recess defined by first and second interior chambers respectively positioned on inlet and outlet sides of a friction member, the recess configured to route the cord from the inlet side of the friction member to the outlet side by encircling a central aperture;
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- securing the first protrusion in relation to the second protrusion along a first plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.