Personal lighting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9028112-B2
Application number	US-201313843641-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Priority date	Jan 3, 2011
Publication date	May 12, 2015
Grant date	May 12, 2015

Abstract

A lighting device includes a first and second housing; the first housing has an inner threading and a first protrusion. The lighting device includes a second housing having an outer threading and a second protrusion. A user advances one protrusion over the other in order to activate the lighting device. The lighting device also includes an arm that is part of the first housing and a post that is part of the second housing. The arm and post prevent the first housing from rotating to a point where the threading of the housings release. The arm may be flexed inwards to prevent allow for the release of the first housing.

First claim

We claim:

1. A personal lighting device comprising:
(a) a first housing including a light projection portion and an attachment portion, the attachment portion including an inner threading and a first protrusion, the first housing further having an arm;
(b) a second housing including a lighting mechanism cavity, an outer threading, a second protrusion, the second protrusion having a first and second side, the second housing interconnected with the first housing via the inner threading and the outer threading; the first protrusion having a first and second position, the first position on the first side, the second position on the second side, the second housing further having a post, the post interacting with the arm such that the post and arm prevent the first housing from being unscrewed from the second housing unless the arm is flexed closer to a center of the first housing;
(c) a battery;
(d) a printed circuit board (PCB); and
(e) a light emitting diode (LED) mounted on the PCB, the battery located between the PCB and the second housing, the PCB located between the battery and the first housing such that, when the first protrusion is on the first side, the LED is not activated; and when the first protrusion is on the second side, the LED is activated.

2. The personal lighting device of claim 1 , further comprising:
(f) a spring contact, oriented between the battery and the second housing, wherein a face of the PCB, oriented towards the battery, has first and second contact points, the first contact point for the battery and the second contact point for the spring contact, wherein when the first protrusion is on the second side, the spring contact is aligned with the second contact point of the PCB.

3. The personal lighting device of claim 1 wherein the first housing includes a stop, and the stop interacts with the post to prevent the turning of the first housing past a certain rotation in relation to the second housing by stopping the stop with the post.

4. The personal lighting device of claim 1 wherein one of the first and second housings includes a first and second aperture, and further comprising:
a wire arm, the wire arm pivotally mounted in the first and second apertures, the wire arm configured to lock and release in a first and second bosses on a first and second side of the one of the first and second housings.

5. The personal lighting device of claim 4 wherein the first and second apertures are offset, such that the wire arm is spring loaded, causing the wire arm to remain in an open position unless the wire arm is locked in the first and second bosses.

6. A method of operating a lighting device, the method comprising:
(a) providing a lighting device having a first housing, a second housing, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion;
(b) turning a first housing in relation to a second housing with enough force for a first protrusion to pass over a second protrusion; and
(c) activating a light in response to the turning; wherein the lighting includes a light projection portion and an attachment portion in the first housing, the attachment portion including an inner threading and the first protrusion, the first housing further having an arm, a lighting mechanism cavity, and an outer threading in the second housing, the second protrusion having a first side and a second side, the second housing interconnected with the first housing via the inner threading and the outer threading, the first protrusion having a first position and a second position, the first position on the first side, the second position on the second side, the second housing further having a post, the post interacting with the arm such that the post and arm prevent the first housing from being unscrewed from the second housing unless the arm is flexed closer to a center of the first housing; a battery; a printed circuit board (PCB); and wherein the light is a light emitting diode (LED) mounted on the PCB, the battery located between the PCB and the second housing, the PCB located between the battery and the first housing such that, when the first protrusion is on the first side, the LED is not activated; and when the first protrusion is on the second side, the LED is activated.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
(d) turning the first housing in relation to the second housing with enough force for the first protrusion to pass over the second protrusion, such that the first protrusion is in the first position; and
(e) deactivating the light in response to the turning of (d).

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
(f) flexing the arm closer to the center of the second body; and
(g) disengaging the first housing from the second housing.

Assignees

• Nite Ize Inc

Inventors

• Ellenburg Parker Stephen
• Ellenburg Howard Steve
• Ellenburg Barbara Kay

Classifications

• F21V21/08 Primary

  Devices for easy attachment to any desired place, e.g. clip, clamp, magnet · CPC title

• B62J11/00

  Supporting arrangements specially adapted for fastening specific devices to cycles, e.g. supports for attaching maps · CPC title

• B62J6/00

  Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices on cycles; Mounting or supporting thereof; Circuits therefor · CPC title

• B62J6/01 Primary

  Electric circuits · CPC title