Adjustable portable light
AssigneeSureFire, LLC
InventorsJohn W. Matthews, Ronald S. Gibson, Michael D. Anderson, Michael D. Picciotta, Hien Nguyen
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Abstract
A portable light includes: a cylindrical housing having a longitudinal axis and receiving a bezel and a lamp for projecting a light radially away from the longitudinal axis; and a cradle assembly including a clamp for receiving the cylindrical housing, wherein the clamp includes a plurality of features for engaging selected ones of corresponding features on the cylindrical housing to secure the cylindrical housing at a selected rotational position about its longitudinal axis with regard to the cradle assembly.
Claims20
A portable light, comprising:
- a cylindrical housing having a longitudinal axis and receiving a lamp for projecting a light radially away from the longitudinal axis, the housing including a plurality of first engaging features;
- and
- a cradle assembly including a clamp for receiving the cylindrical housing, wherein the clamp includes a plurality of second engaging features, the cradle assembly being biased to engage selected ones of the first and second engaging features together to secure the cylindrical housing about its longitudinal axis with regard to the cradle assembly, the cylindrical housing being adapted to rotate about its longitudinal axis and among a plurality of discrete fixed rotational positions determined by the first and second engaging features while remaining secured within the clamp.
A method, comprising:
- providing a portable light comprising;
- a cylindrical housing having a longitudinal axis, a lamp for projecting a light radially away from the longitudinal axis, and a plurality of first engaging features, and
- a cradle assembly including a clamp for receiving the cylindrical housing,
- wherein the clamp includes a plurality of second engaging features;
- biasing the cradle assembly to engage selected ones of the first and second engaging features together to secure the cylindrical housing about its longitudinal axis with regard to the cradle assembly;
- and
- rotating the cylindrical housing about its longitudinal axis and among a plurality discrete fixed rotational positions determined by the first and second engaging features while remaining secured within the clamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.