Portable Combination Device Stand and Flashlight

• US 20140218897A1
• Filed: 02/07/2014
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chun, James K
• Original Assignee: Chun, James K
• Inventors: Chun, James K
• Application Number:
  US14/175,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20140218897A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/154
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/38 by folding , e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 4/00 Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/00 Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0052 Audio or video equipment, e.g. televisions, telephones, cameras or computers; Remote control devices therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a pocket-size accessory that can acts as a stand for holding a smart cellphone, MP3 player or tablet computer with a built in flashlight unit. The accessory includes a clam shell style housing comprising an upper case and a lower case pivotally connected together along one end with the flashlight unit mounted on the inside surface on the lower case. The upper case includes two upper side arms and a lower resting lip that extends perpendicularly outward. The lower case includes an integrally formed transverse structure with two laterally extending axles that are extended into two bores form in the arm of the upper case to enable the two cases to snap fit together and pivot approximately 270 degrees. The flashlight unit includes at least one LED bulb, a printed circuit board with a voltage boosting circuit, at least one battery, and a switch. During assembly, the switch 100 extends through a hole formed on the back panel of the lower case that can be easily accessed when the accessory 10 is in an opened or closed configuration.

Claims

1. An accessory comprising:

a. a compact, clam shell-style housing with a center storage area, said housing includes an upper case and a lower case pivotally connected together, said upper case and said lower being configured so that said upper case and said lower case may be pivoted together to form a closed housing surround an inner cavity or pivoted apart to an inverted V shape configuration with an inside surfaces of said upper case and an inside surface of said lower case being exposed, said upper case includes a transversely aligned resting lip structure and said lower case includes an end opening; and

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b. a flashlight unit mounted on said inside surface on said lower case, and configure to fit inside said inner cavity when said upper case and said lower case are closed, said flashlight unit includes at least one LED bulb, at least one battery connected to the LED bulb, a and a switch, said LED extending from one end of said flashlight unit and through said end opening on said lower case.

2. The accessory as recited in claim 1, wherein said switch extends through said lower case when said flashlight unit is mounted on said lower case.

3. The accessory as recited in claim 1, wherein the LED extends through a slot opening form on said resting lip structure when upper and lower cases are in a closed configuration.

4. The accessory as recited in claim 1, further including a voltage multiplying circuit disposed between the LED bulb and the battery.