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Combined umbrella handle and flashlight

  • US 5,816,685 A
  • Filed: 04/24/1997
  • Issued: 10/06/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A combined umbrella handle and flashlight, comprising:

  • a sleeve barrel having opposing first and second open ends and an internal septum dividing said sleeve barrel into two compartments, said septum being coupled to an umbrella shaft extending through said second open end;

    a thimble member threadedly connected to said first open end of said sleeve barrel to form a flashlight housing, said thimble member being formed by a hollow longitudinally extended tube having a pair of opposing open ends, one of said ends having a drawn-in rim and the opposing end having an external thread formed thereon with a sealing lip disposed at a root of said external thread, said thimble member having a plurality of fins formed longitudinally on an internal wall surface of said thimble member;

    a transparent disc disposed within said flashlight housing adjacent a distal end thereof, said transparent disc having a planar contour with a plurality of notches formed in a peripheral edge thereof for respectively receiving said plurality of fins therein and being disposed contiguous said drawn-in rim;

    a lamp set disposed within said flashlight housing adjacent said transparent disc, said lamp set including a pair of batteries and a light bulb; and

    ,a conducting seat disposed within said flashlight housing adjacent said lamp set for electrically coupling said pair of batteries to said light bulb responsive to a tightening of said threaded engagement of said thimble member to said sleeve barrel.

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