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Light connectable with a key

  • US 4,085,315 A
  • Filed: 02/12/1976
  • Issued: 04/18/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A light and key combination adapted to be connected in a housing together, and receiving an incandescent bulb and battery, comprisinga key having a handle with a surface formed with surface projections and a single hole therein and a key shank joined to said handle,a housing adapted to receive the battery and the bulb therein, said housing includes,a base plate and a clamping plate coordinated thereto, the latter defining an outer peripheral thickened edge substantially of the same peripheral size but larger than that of said handle of said key,at least two pins integral with and extending on opposite sides of said base plate, said thickened edge of said clamping plate is formed with openings in which said pins of said base plate are aligned and inserted in a coordinated condition of said base plate and said clamping plate,said thickened edge of said clamping plate abutting said base plate in said coordinated condition, said thickened edge defining a recess larger in surface area than that of said handle of said key and defining a slot transferring into and communicating with said recess for passage of said key shank through said slot, said slot formed wider than said key shank,said clamping plate defining a first planar clamping cheek surface in said recess enlarged in surface area relative to said handle of said key,said base plate including a second planar clamping cheek surface spaced parallel and opposite to said first planar clamping cheek surface, said key handle being disposed in said recess between said first and second planar clamping cheek surfaces,said housing further includes a housing cover formed with second openings, said base plate being positioned between said clamping plate and said housing cover, said pins on said base plate extending into said second openings in said housing cover, whereby said housing cover is coordinated to said base plate,a double-sided sticking self-sealing adhesive layer means disposed in said recess adhered to said first planar clamping cheek surface for releasably adhering said handle of said key thereto,releasable clamping means for releaseably clampingly pressing together said base plate and said clamping plate and said housing cover, as well as said first clamping cheek surface with said adhesive layer means thereon against said handle of said key, said handle with said surface projections being pressed into said adhesive layer means thereby clamping said key pressingly against said self-sealing adhesive layer means, whereby said key is non-rotatably secured in said housing,said base plate is formed with an enlarged bore,said clamping means comprises a single screw having a threaded shank extending through said single hole of said handle of said key and through said enlarged bore of said base plate,said housing cover is formed with a collar complementarily projecting into said enlarged bore of said base plate terminating therein spaced from said handle of said key and being formed with a threaded opening in said collar, said threaded shank of said screw threadedly engages in said threaded opening,said base plate and said housing cover are formed with recess means for cooperatively receiving the bulb and the battery therein, andsaid housing cover and said clamping plate have substantially the same thickness and outer peripheral shape, and said base plate extends therebetween in a direction opposite than that of said key shank and is formed with a slot therein, said recess of said clamping plate having a thickness smaller than the combined thickness of said handle of said key and the thickness of said self-sealing adhesive layer means.

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