Rechargeable implement and recharging base

• US 7,086,907 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2004
• Issued: 08/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sun Most LLC
• Original Assignee: Sun Most LLC
• Inventors: Bhavnani, Dilip
• Primary Examiner(s): Zarroli, Michael C.
• Application Number:
  US11/008,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20060121787A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: D13/144, 320/2, 320/111, 439/638, 439/315, 439488-491, 439/919, 439/131
• US Class Current: 439/638
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 4/08 characterised by means for in situ recharging of the batteries or cells
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/68 mounted on directly pluggable apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/065 with built-in electric apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/919 for treatment by electrical current, e.g. magnet or battery charger, heater or welder

Abstract

The invention is a recharger device having an efficiently designed base charging unit and at least one rechargeable handheld implement, which also serves as an advertising means. The base unit has two electrical prongs on the rear surface and at least one orifice on at least one outer surface of the base unit, each of which lies completely within the surface where it lies. The base unit is shaped and the electrical prongs are positioned and oriented such that when the recharging base is inserted into one socket of a common two socket electrical outlet, the second socket is not blocked by the base unit, thereby permitting both sockets to be fully utilized.

Claims

1. A recharger device comprising:

at least one rechargeable handheld implement; and

a recharging base unit, said base unit comprising;

at least one orifice defined by at least one outwardly facing surface, said at least one orifice being configured to securably receive said at least one rechargeable handheld implement, said at least one implement being retainable in an inverted position during recharging, said at least one orifice defining a respective closed periphery on said outwardly facing surface, and

two male electrical prongs protruding from a rear surface of said base unit for insertion into a common two-socket electrical outlet for recharging, said base unit being shaped and said electrical prongs being positioned and oriented on said rear surface of said base unit such that when said recharger device is fitted into either of the two sockets of the electrical outlet, the other outlet becomes available for access by other electrical instruments.

2. The recharger device of claim 1, wherein said at least one rechargeable handheld implement is selected from the group consisting of lighting implement, writing implement, drill, power tool, dental tool, and medical examination tool.

3. The recharger device of claim 1, wherein the number of said at least one rechargeable handheld implement two.

4. The recharger device of claim 1, further including printed or graphical imprinting on at least one outwardly facing surface of the base unit for the purpose of advertising or promotion.

5. The recharger device of claim 1, further including printed or graphical imprinting on at least one surface of said at least one rechargeable handheld implement for the purpose of advertising or promotion.

6. A method of advertising or promotion comprising the step of imprinting printed or graphical material on at least one outer surface of a recharger device having a recharging base unit and at least one rechargeable handheld implement, said base unit comprising:

at least one orifice on at least one outwardly facing surface into each of which said rechargeable handheld implement is inserted for recharging, each of said orifice defining a closed periphery on said outwardly facing surface; and

male electrical prongs protruding from a rear surface of said base unit for insertion into a common two-socket electrical outlet for recharging, said base unit being shaped and said electrical prongs being positioned and oriented on said rear surface of said base unit such that when said recharger device is fitted, with proper orientation, into one of the two sockets of said electrical outlet, the other socket becomes available for access by other electrical instruments.

7. A recharger device comprising:

two or more rechargeable implements wherein at least one of said rechargeable implements is a different type of implement than the remainder of implements; and

a recharging base unit, said base unit comprising;

two or more orifices on at least one outwardly facing surface into which said rechargeable implements are inserted, one per each orifice, for recharging; and

male electrical prongs protruding from a rear surface of said base unit for insertion into a common two-socket electrical outlet for recharging,

said base unit being shaped and said electrical prongs being positioned and oriented on said rear surface of said base unit such that when said recharger device is fitted, with proper orientation, into one of the two sockets of said electrical outlet, the other socket becomes available for access by other electrical instruments.

8. The recharger device in claim 7, wherein at least one of said rechargeable implements is a handheld implement.

9. The recharger device in claim 7, wherein each of said orifices defines a closed periphery on said outwardly facing surface.

10. The recharger device in claim 7, further including printed or graphical material imprinted on at least one outwardly facing surface of said base unit for advertising and promotion.

11. The recharger device in claim 7, further including printed or graphical material imprinted on at least one surface of said rechargeable implements for advertising and promotion.