Portable power package

• US 3,963,972 A
• Filed: 03/14/1975
• Issued: 06/15/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gregory M. Todd
• Original Assignee: Gregory M. Todd
• Inventors: Todd, Gregory M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller, J D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hickey, Robert J.
• Application Number:
  US05/558,304
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 320/2-7, 320/13-17, 320/25, 240/10.6 R, 240/10.61, 240/10.66, 307/149, 307/150, 136/181, 136/166, 136/167, 136/182
• US Class Current: 320/112
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction

Abstract

A portable power package has a supporting box provided with a cavity arranged for receiving an electrical battery such as a conventional storage battery. Pairs of jacks and switches are mounted on the box in series with the battery and in parallel with one another for permitting lamps and appropriate appliances to be selectively connected to the battery by means of inserting a plug on the lamp or appliance into a mating jack provided on the box. A charger is arranged in the cavity of the box together with the battery for permitting the battery to be recharged by either a standard AC power source or by another battery, while additional space is provided in the cavity for storing the lamps, and the like, when the latter are not in use.

Claims

1. A portable power package, comprising, in combination:

a. a supporting box having a cavity arranged for receiving an electric battery;

b. an electric battery removably disposed in the cavity;

c. charger means removably disposed in the cavity and electrically connected to the battery for selectively charging the battery;

d. jack means mounted on the box and electrically connected to the battery for selectively receiving plugs of electrical devices; and

e. switch means mounted on the box and electrically connected between the jack means and battery for selectively connecting and disconnecting the jack means to the battery; and

the box includes a container portion and a cover portion hinged to the container portion, the jack means and switch means being mounted on the cover portion for access thereto from the outside of the box.

2. A portable power package, comprising, in combination:

a. a supporting box having a cavity arranged for receiving an electric battery;

b. an electric battery removably disposed in the cavity;

c. charger means removably disposed in the cavity and electrically connected to the battery for selectively charging the battery;

d. jack means mounted on the box and electrically connected to the battery for selectively receiving plugs of electrical devices; and

e. switch means mounted on the box and electrically connected between the jack means and battery for selectively connecting and disconnecting the jack means to the battery;

the jack means includes a plurality of jacks and the switch means a plurality of normally-open switches, each of the jacks being electrically connected in series with their respective one of the switches to form switch-jack pairs, each of the pairs being electrically connected in series with the battery and in parallel with the other such pairs;

further including a lamp assembly selectively, removably mounted on the jack of one of the switch-jack pairs and supported by the box, the lamp assembly being energized by closing of the switch included in the one of the pairs, the lamp assembly being stored in the cavity provided in the box when the lamp assembly is not mounted on one of the jacks;

the jack means includes one more jack than the switch means includes switches, the surplus jack being electrically connected in series with the battery and in parallel with the pairs, and arranged for electrically connecting the battery directly to an auxiliary source of direct current for recharging the battery; and

the box includes a container portion and a cover portion hinged to the container portion, the jack means and switch means being mounted on the cover portion for access thereto from the outside of the box.