Inspection device

• US 3,103,723 A
• Filed: 08/22/1960
• Issued: 09/17/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William K. Becker
• Original Assignee: William K. Becker
• Inventors: Becker, William K.
• Application Number:
  US04/050,898
• Time in Patent Office: 1,121 Days
• US Class Current: 24/3.12
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 4/00 Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1394 Article held by clip
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44692 Camming or wedging element

Claims

1. A CLIP ASSEMBLY FOR AN INSPECTION LIGHT, COMPRISING:

AN ELONGATED CASING;

A FIRST ELONGATED ELEMENT EXTENDING LENGTHWISE ALONG SAID CASING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POINTS ON SAID CASING, SAID ELEMENT BEING SECURED TO SAID CASING AT SAID FIRST POINT AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID CASING AT SAID SECOND POINT, THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID FIRST ELEMENT BEING SPACED FROM SAID CASING AND SAID FIRST ELEMENT BEING STIFFER NEAR SAID FIRST POINT THAN NEAR SAID SECOND POINT;

A SECOND ELONGATED ELEMENT SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID CASING ADJACENT SAID FIRST POINT THEREON AND ENGAGEABLE BETWEEN ITS ENDS WITH SAID CASING AT A THIRD POINT THEREON NEAR SAID CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID FIRST ELEMENT, SAID SECOND ELEMENT HAVING AN END PORTION CLOSELY ADJACENT SAID FIRST ELEMENT BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD POINTS, SAID END PORTION OF SAID SECOND ELEMENT BEING MORE FLEXIBLE THAN THE ADJACENT PORTION OF THE FIRST ELEMENT;

AND A MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE MEMBER SLIDABLY SUPPORTED UPON SAID FIRST ELEMENT FOR MOVEMENT LENGTHWISE THEREOF INTO AND OUT OF A POSITION OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID END PORTION OF THE SECOND ELEMENT, WHEREBY SAID END PORTION OF SAID SECOND ELEMENT IS URGED TOWARD SAID CASING BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD POINTS THEREON AND THE SECOND ELEMENT IS PRESSED TIGHTLY AGAINST SAID CASING.