Miniature flashlight with key attachment

• US 3,310,668 A
• Filed: 10/20/1964
• Issued: 03/21/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Schwartz, Sidney
• Original Assignee: Schwartz, Sidney
• Inventors: Schwartz, Sidney
• Application Number:
  US04/405,119
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• US Class Current: 362/116
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/103 on keys E05B17/106 takes precedence; attached to key rings A44B15/005; on key bags or wallets A45C11/32

Claims

1. A MINIATURE FLASHLIGHT OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING A CASING FORMED WITH AN INTERIOR CHAMBER AND HAVING AN OPEN TOP WALL, A PARTIALLY OPEN OPPOSITE BOTTOM WALL AND A FRONT WALL HAVING AN APERTURE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHAMBER AND BEING LOCATED BENEATH SAID OPEN TOP WALL, A TAB HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN, SAID TAB BEING ATTACHED TO THE CASING ADJACENT THE REAR THEREOF TO EXTEND IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO THE BOTTOM WALL OVERLYING SAID BOTTOM WALL PARTIAL OPENING, SAID BOTTOM WALL AND TAB FORMING A SLOT TO RECEIVE A HANDLE OF A KEY THEREIN WITH A KEY HANDLE OPENING IN REGISTERED ALIGNMENT WITH SAID TAB OPENING, A BATTERY, ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB AND SWITCH FOR CLOSING A CIRCUIT FROM THE BATTERY TO THE BULB DISPOSED IN SAID INTERIOR CHAMBER, THE BULB BEING ALIGNED WITH SAID FRONT WALL APERTURE TO PROJECT A LIGHT BEAM ALONG THE LENGTH OF A KEY POSITIONED IN SAID SLOT, SAID SWITCH BEING LOCATED FOR FINGER PRESSURE ACTUATION THROUGH SAID OPEN TOP WALL, A SPRING CLOSURE FOR SAID TOP WALL OPENING ADAPTED TO BE INWARDLY DEFLECTED FOR ENGAGING AND CLOSING SAID SWITCH, A PLATE LOCATED WITHIN SAID INTERIOR CHAMBER EXTENDING ACROSS SAID BOTTOM WALL PARTIAL OPENING AND BEING FORMED WITH A FEMALE THREADED PORTION ALIGNING WITH SAID TAB AND KEY HANDLE OPENINGS, AND A REMOVABLE SCREW EXTENDING THROUGH SAID TAB AND KEY HANDLE OPENINGS AND ENGAGING SAID FEMALE THREADED PORTION TO SECURE SAID KEY HANDLE IN SAID SLOT.