Pocket light

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10317048-B2
Application number	US-201715588582-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2017
Priority date	May 5, 2017
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

A light having a body defining a battery casing for storing one or more batteries, a head rotatably mounted to the body, the head and the body including complementing, contacting, rounded portions, the head further including a light display and an LED light source, the LED light source being electrically connected to the battery casing for providing electrical power to the LED light source when batteries are disposed in the battery casing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light comprising:
a body defining a battery casing for storing one or more batteries, the battery casing defining a width dimension extending from side-to-side, a height dimension that is longer than the width dimension and has a top and bottom, and a thickness dimension that is the smallest of the three dimensions, extending from a front to a back of the casing;
a cylindrical head rotatably mounted to the top of the body, the head and the body including complementing, contacting, rounded portions, and an axis of rotation of the cylindrical head extending from side-to-side and being parallel with the width dimension of the battery casing; and
an LED light source disposed in the cylindrical head, the LED light source being electrically connected to the battery casing for providing electrical power to the LED light source when batteries are disposed in the battery casing.

2. The light of claim 1 wherein the cylindrical head extends from side-to-side beyond the width dimension of the battery casing to permit the user to roll either side of the cylindrical head with respect to the battery casing.

3. The light of claim 1 wherein the cylindrical head has two ends and each of the two ends extends from side-to-side beyond the width dimension of the battery casing to permit the user to roll either side of the cylindrical head with respect to the battery casing.

4. The light of claim 1 , further comprising a spring-biased clip mounted to the front or back of the body to permit the light to be clipped to another object.

5. The light of claim 1 further comprising a phosphorous cover disposed over the LED light source to diffuse the light being emitted from the LED.

6. The light of claim 4 , further comprising a switch to turn the light on and off, and a flexible plate disposed over the switch and mounted to the front or back of the body, opposite of the clip, such that by depressing the flexible plate, the switch is turned on and off.

7. The light of claim 1 wherein the light source is flush with the exterior of the cylindrical head.

8. The light of claim 1 wherein the light source comprises an LED with a lens covering the LED, and the lens is flush with the exterior of the generally cylindrical head.

9. The light of claim 1 wherein the light is sized such that when the light is disposed in a shirt pocket of a user, the cylindrical head is exposed above the shirt pocket but the battery casing is not.

10. The light of claim 1 wherein the cylindrical head defines a diameter that is substantially the same as the thickness dimension.

11. The light of claim 1 wherein the cylindrical head is centered over the body so the light is unlikely to tilt forward when placed in a shirt pocket of a user.

Assignees

• Coast Cutlery Co

Inventors

• Hutchens Douglas R
• Hubert Stephen E
• Lewin David D
• Yangzhi Song

Classifications

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21V9/30 Primary

  Elements containing photoluminescent material distinct from or spaced from the light source (shades F21V1/17; globes, bowls or cover glasses F21V3/08, F21V3/12; refractors F21V5/10; reflectors F21V7/26, F21V7/30; elements with provision for controlling the spectral properties or intensity F21V9/40) · CPC title

• F21V21/0885 Primary

  for portable lighting devices · CPC title

• F21L4/045

  Pocket lamps · CPC title

• F21L4/00

  Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells · CPC title