LIGHTING DEVICE WITH CLIP

• US 20080137326A1
• Filed: 11/27/2007
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lancer and Loader Group LLC
• Original Assignee: Jonathan E. Levine
• Inventors: Levine, Jonathan E.
• Granted Patent: US 7,699,492 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/157
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0885 for portable lighting devices

Abstract

A lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device can be battery-powered and can include one or more LEDs within a light source housing. The device can also include a base connected to the light source housing, and a clip removably connected to the base. The base can act as a stable support for the lighting device when the lighting device is positioned upright over a flat support surface with the clip disconnected from the base. Similarly, the clip (or the clip in conjunction with a portion of the base) can act as a stable support for the lighting device when the lighting device is positioned upright over a flat support surface with the clip connected to the base. The clip can be configured to releasably connect to the base in a first orientation and a second orientation substantially opposite to the first orientation.

Claims

1. A lighting device, comprising:

a light source housing;

a base connected to the light source housing; and

a clip removably connected to the base, wherein the base acts as a stable support for the lighting device when the lighting device is positioned upright over a flat support surface with the clip disconnected from the base.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the clip acts as a stable support for the lighting device when the lighting device is positioned upright over the flat support surface with the clip connected to the base.

3. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the clip, in conjunction with a portion of the base, acts as a stable support for the lighting device when the lighting device is positioned upright over the flat support surface with the clip connected to the base.

4. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the clip is configured to releasably connect to the base in a first orientation and a second orientation substantially opposite to the first orientation.

5. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the lighting device is battery powered.

6. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the light source housing comprises a battery compartment.

7. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the light source housing comprises an LED.

8. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the light source housing comprises a plurality of LEDs.

9. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the light source housing comprises a power switch.

10. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the clip is removably connected adjacent to a bottom surface of the base.

11. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the light source housing is rotatable in two separate planes.

12. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the light source housing is movable between a compact configuration and an expanded configuration.

13. The lighting device according to claim 1, further comprising an elongated member connecting the light source housing to the base.

14. The lighting device according to claim 13, further comprising a first hinge between the elongated member and the light source housing and a second hinge between the elongated member and the base.

15. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the base has an underside facing the flat support surface when the lighting device is positioned upright over the flat support surface with the clip disconnected from the base, and the underside of the base includes a channel for slidingly receiving the clip.

16. The lighting device according to claim 15, wherein the underside of the base is substantially flat around the channel.

17. The lighting device according to claim 15, wherein the channel is configured to slidingly receive the clip when the clip is oriented in a first direction and to slidingly receive the clip when the clip is oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

18. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the clip comprises:

a first clipping member;

a second clipping member; and

a resilient member configured to press a gripping portion at a front end of the first clipping member against a gripping portion at a front end of the second clipping member.

19. The lighting device according to claim 18, wherein the first clipping member has a substantially flat upper surface, the second clipping member has a substantially flat lower surface, and the lighting device is configured to be supported at least partially on the lower surface of the second clipping member when the base is positioned upright over the flat support surface with the clip connected to the base.

20. The lighting device according to claim 18, wherein the base includes a channel for slidingly receiving the clip, and the channel includes lateral grooves configured to receive lateral protrusions on the first clipping member.

21. A lighting device, comprising:

a light source housing;

a base connected to the light source housing; and

means for attaching the lighting device to an object in a first orientation and in a second orientation substantially opposite to the first orientation.

22. A lighting device kit, comprising:

a lighting device main assembly including a light source housing and a base connected to the light source housing, wherein the base acts as a stable support for the lighting device when the lighting device is positioned upright over a flat support surface; and

a clip having at least one protrusion shaped to slide into a lateral groove in an underside of the base so as to releasably connect the clip to the base.

23. The lighting device kit according to claim 22, wherein the clip is configured to releasably connect to the base in a first orientation and a second orientation substantially opposite to the first orientation.