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Rotatably adjustable trouble lamp shield

  • US 4,298,922 A
  • Filed: 11/02/1979
  • Issued: 11/03/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A rotatably adjustable light shield for shielding and suspending a portable trouble lamp of the type having an elongated handle with an electric light mounted on one end, comprising:

  • (a) a shield member for substantially enclosing said electric light of said lamp, said shield member having a top end and a bottom end and an aperture on one side for the transmission of light therethrough;

    (b) a mounting means attached to the bottom end of said shield member for mounting said shield member onto said light bearing end of said trouble light handle;

    (c) a rotatably adjustable suspension means mounted onto the top end of said shield member for providing a rotatably adjustable suspension mount for said shield member, including;

    (i) a plate having a circular array of regularly spaced detent cavities mounted onto the top end of said light shield;

    (ii) a detent ball retainer rotatably mounted over said plate and having at least one detent ball receivable into each of said detent cavities for retaining said light shield in any of the angular positions associated with each of said detent cavities and for transmitting a tactile indication of the amount of rotary adjustment made when said light shield is mounted onto a trouble lamp and said handle of said trouble lamp is manually rotated relative to said suspension means, and(iii) a suspension hook assembly mounted onto said detent ball retainer for suspending said trouble lamp.

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