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Portable compressor kit with detachable lamp

  • US 4,830,579 A
  • Filed: 03/21/1988
  • Issued: 05/16/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An improved portable compressor kit for use with motor vehicles, said kit being of the type having an air compressor held in a case, said air compressor being energized by the storage battery of the vehicle and which kit includes, in addition to an electrically-driven air compressor, an electrical cord including a plug adapted to be plugged into a cigarette lighter socket of a vehicle, said cord having a plug end and a case end, an air hose including a fitting attachable to the air valve of a tire, wherein the improvement comprises:

  • a light fixture connector held by said case, said light fixture connector being electrically connected to said electrical cord;

    a portable light fixture, removably affixed to said light fixture connector held by said case, said light fixture including a bulb and reflector and said light fixture including a light connector with which said light fixture connector is removably connected;

    a removable connector affixed to the case end of the electrical cord; and

    a case connector adapted to receive said removable connector of said electrical cord, said removable connector affixed to the case end of the electrical cord and said light fixture connector both being connectable with the light connector of said portable light fixture to make an electrical connection whereby said portable light fixture may be operated as attached to the light fixture connector held by the case or may be detached therefrom and operated by attachment to the removable connector affixed to the case end of the electrical cord when it has been removed from the case connector.

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