Flashlight holder apparatus

• US 5,163,752 A
• Filed: 02/14/1992
• Issued: 11/17/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charlie W. Hardison, Debra L. Copeland
• Original Assignee: Charlie W. Hardison, Debra L. Copeland
• Inventors: Copeland, Debra L., Hardison, Charlie W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yeung, James C.
• Application Number:
  US07/835,311
• Time in Patent Office: 277 Days
• Field of Search: 362/32, 362/103-105, 362/191, 362/430, 362/395, 362/396, 362/190
• US Class Current: 362/396
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/40 by means of coilable or bendable legs or spiral shaped legs
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/08 Devices for easy attachment to any desired place, e.g. clip, clamp, magnet
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0832 Hook and loop-type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/32 Flexible tubes
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0005 the light guides being of the fibre type G02B6/0003 takes precedence

Abstract

A holder includes a "C" shaped clamp member arranged to secure an articulated elongate positioning tube, wherein the positioning tube is fixedly received within a mounting plate that in turn secures a flashlight member thereto. In a modification, a fiber optic cable including a first end and a second end includes a suction cup member receiving the second end coaxially thereof permitting securement of the suction cup to the flashlight lens providing for illumination within limited geometric confinements.

Claims

1. A flashlight holder apparatus, comprising,

a clamp member, the clamp member including a first leg spaced from and parallel a second leg, and

a base web, the first leg and the second leg orthogonally and integrally mounted to opposed distal ends of the base web, and the first leg including a movable jaw plate directed therethrough, the second leg including a fixed jaw plate secured thereto, wherein the movable jaw plate and the fixed jaw plate are coaxially aligned relative to one another for securement to a support base, and

a deformable articulated positioning tube, the positioning tube including a tube first end and a tube second end, the tube first end fixedly mounted to the base web, and

a mounting plate, the mounting plate including a mounting plate boss integrally mounted to a bottom surface of the mounting plate, with the mounting plate boss including a socket, wherein the tube second end is fixedly received within the boss socket, and

a flashlight member, the flashlight member including a flashlight body, and a flashlight lens at a forward distal end of the body, with the securement means arranged for securement of the flashlight body to the mounting plate, and

the securement means includes a strap member, with the strap member including a first portion orthogonally projecting beyond a first side of the mounting plate, and a second portion extending orthogonally beyond a second side of the mounting plate, wherein the first portion includes a first hook and loop fasterner patch, the second portion includes a second hook and loop fastener patch for securement of the first portion and the second portion in surrounding relationship relative to the flashlight body, and

a plurality of resilient clips secured to the positioning tube, and the resilient clips each including a first discontinuous shell wall defined by a first diameter secured about the positioning tube, and each of the clips including a second discontinuous shell wall arranged parallel to and coextensive with the first shell wall, and a fiber optic cable, the fiber optic cable including a first end and a second end, the fiber optic cable secured into each second shell wall of each clip between the first end and the second end, and

a suction cup member, the suction cup member coaxially receiving the first end of the fiber optic cable therethrough permitting securement of the suction cup to the flashlight lens for directing illumination through the fiber optic cable second end.

2. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein the positioning tube includes a plurality of spaced movable joints, with the joints arranged coextensively with the positioning tube.