CA2060794A1 - Flashlight with flexible extension - Google Patents

Flashlight with flexible extension

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CA2060794A1
CA2060794A1 CA2060794A CA2060794A CA2060794A1 CA 2060794 A1 CA2060794 A1 CA 2060794A1 CA 2060794 A CA2060794 A CA 2060794A CA 2060794 A CA2060794 A CA 2060794A CA 2060794 A1 CA2060794 A1 CA 2060794A1
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housing
extension
bulb
flashlight
proximal end
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Noel E. Zeller
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G11/00—Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts
    • H02G11/02—Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts using take-up reel or drum
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
    • F21L4/00—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
    • F21L4/04—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells characterised by the provision of a light source housing portion adjustably fixed to the remainder of the device
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
    • F21L4/00—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
    • F21L4/06—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells with the light source coupled to the remainder of the device solely by cable
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/14—Adjustable mountings
    • F21V21/32—Flexible tubes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V27/00—Cable-stowing arrangements structurally associated with lighting devices, e.g. reels 
    • F21V27/005—Cable-stowing arrangements structurally associated with lighting devices, e.g. reels  for portable lighting devices

Abstract

A flashlight comprises a housing (12) adapted to accommodate batteries and an elongate extension (14) having a proximal end (16) connected to the housing and a distal end (18) opposite the proximal end adapted to accommodate a light bulb.
Electrically conductive leads (20) carried by the extension are adapted to connect the battery to the bulb. The extension is formed of multiple strands of twisted copper wire or another material separate from the conductive leads that can be easily flexed by hand to assume a plurality of different shapes and that can retain a given shape indefinitely. The housing and the bulb can each be conveniently positioned and oriented independently of the other.
CA002060794A 1991-08-09 1992-02-06 Flashlight with flexible extension Expired - Fee Related CA2060794C (en)

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US743,013 1991-08-09
US07743013 US5154483B1 (en) 1991-08-09 1991-08-09 Flashlight with flexible extension

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CA2060794C CA2060794C (en) 1994-10-25

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JP (1) JPH0799641B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE141397T1 (en)
AU (1) AU640594B2 (en)
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EP0528501A1 (en) 1993-02-24
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DE69212743D1 (en) 1996-09-19
JPH0799641B2 (en) 1995-10-25
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