Black Decker Inc.

Hp Intellectual Corporation

John G Rousso

Paul R Holbrook

David W Kaiser

Thomas Swyst

David G Honan

Richard J Carbone

Glen Nielsen

Alan D Ball

Brian J Matt

Patrick B Nolan

Richard I Farrington

Joseph J Laskowski

Stephen M Hall

Flexible light

An iron having a housing with a skirt, a soleplate, and a heating element in the soleplate. The skirt has a molded body comprised of dielectric material. The body has a downwardly extending perimeter rim. A metal plating is adhered directly onto the rim to give an appearance of a metal skirt. The rim includes a base coat, the metal layer and a top coat. The base and top coats on the skirt being baked at particular temperatures and for particular amounts of time for curing and drying.

Iron having skirt with metal plating

Combination light and retractable leash

A flashlight includes a flexible core comprising a pair of conductive wires which electrically connect a source of power to a power using implement. A flexible spine surrounds the pair of conductive wires and includes a plurality of interconnected universally rotatable members. A resilient sleeve engages the outer surface of the rotatable members forming the spine. The flashlight includes a working end housing and a base housing. A first anchor connects one end of the flexible core to the base end housing and a second anchor connects the other end of the flexible core to the working end housing. The outer surface of the resilient sleeve is restrained against relative twisting or longitudinal movement with respect to each housing.

Sleeve retention for flexible core of a flashlight

Growing community of inventors

Beacon Falls, CT, United States of America

John G Rousso