Lumatec Industries, Inc.

Peter R Altman

Rudy Anthony Vandenbelt

Bjarki Hallgrimsson

Sarah Dobbin

David Ball

Velissa Van Scoyoc

A miniature flashlight device includes a housing having a cavity, a pair of magnets mounted to the housing, and a light generating assembly disposed in the cavity of the housing. The light generating assembly includes a lamp, at least one battery and a spring-loaded switch connected in an electrical circuit with the lamp and battery and activatable to electrically connect and disconnect the battery with the lamp. The magnets are arranged such that when the housing is placed on a ferromagnetic surface the magnets attract the surface with sufficient force to activate the spring-loaded switch and open the circuit, turning the device off. When the magnets are disengaged from the surface, the spring brings the switch into the closed circuit position.

Miniature flashlight device

A card-shaped flashlight device includes a holder, a lamp module mounted on the holder, one or both of a flasher light module and a buzzer module mounted on the holder, and a planar battery attached to the holder for powering the lamp module, buzzer module and flasher module. Lamp, flasher and buzzer circuits which respectively include the lamp module, buzzer module and flasher module are connected to the battery in parallel with one another such that the lamp module, buzzer module and flasher module are actuatable by corresponding lamp switch, buzzer switch and flasher switch independently of one another.

Card-shaped flashlight device with lamp, flasher and/or buzzer features

A miniature flashlight device includes a housing having a base and a cover adapted to interfit with the base so as to form therewith an outer enclosure for receiving an electric bulb and an inner enclosure within the outer enclosure for receiving a button-cell battery. The cover has a flexible portion overlying the inner enclosure and capable of being depressed by a user from an outer relaxed configuration to an inner flexed configuration in which the flexible portion of the cover is deflected toward the inner enclosure and capable of returning to the outer relaxed configuration upon release by the user.

Miniature flashlight device having housing with outer and inner enclosures

A flashlight device includes a body structure, light generating module, holder, card and outer cover. The body structure has a cavity between upper and lower sides thereof, open at least at the upper side, and closer to a front end than to a rear end thereof. The body structure also has a channel between the upper and lower sides, extending between the cavity and front end, and open to the cavity, upper side and front end. The holder has an annular portion and spaced apart leg portions connected thereto and extending therefrom such that the annular and leg portions insert and fit within the cavity and channel of the body structure and seat therein the light actuating and generating components of the module. The card covers the upper side of the body structure and the module and holder. The cover encases the body structure, module, holder and card.

Peripherally sealed card-like flashlight device having light generating module and holder therefor seated in cavity of main body structure

A lighting device convertible between reading light and flashlight configurations has separate off/on light actuating switches. The lighting device includes a case, an elongated arm, hinge, light cap, light element, batteries, first switch and second switch. The hinge pivotally mounts a rear end of the arm to a rear end of the case to allow pivotal movement of the arm between an erect position angularly spaced from the case, the reading light configuration, and a lowered position against the main body, the flashlight configuration. The light element is mounted to the light cap which, in turn, is pivotally mounted to a front end of the arm for positioning the light element at various angles to provide light therebelow at various angles with the arm in the erect position and for positioning the light element at first and second angularly displaced positions to provide light directly forwardly of the case in the first position but not in the second position with the arm in the lowered position. The batteries are mounted within the case and are electrically connected to the light element and first and second switches. The first switch is mounted to the case and arm for switching the light element between off and on states in response to the arm being moved between the lowered and erect positions. The second switch is mounted to the case and arm for switching the light element between off and on states in response to the light cap being moved between the first and second positions with the arm in the lowered position.

Lighting device convertible between reading light and flashlight configurations and having separate light actuating switches

A lighting device convertible between reading light and pen light configurations uses only a single off/on light actuating switch in either configuration. The lighting device includes a main body, pivoting arm, hinge, light generating element, batteries and switch member and button. The main body has opposite front and rear ends and defines a recess at the front end. The pivoting arm has opposite front and rear ends. The hinge pivotally mounts the rear end of the pivoting arm to the rear end of the main body to allow pivotal movement of the pivoting arm between an erect position angularly spaced from the main body, the reading light configuration, and a lowered position adjacent to the main body, the pen light configuration. The light generating element is mounted to the pivoting arm adjacent to the front end thereof for providing light therebelow when the pivoting arm is in the erect position and is insertable within the recess of the main body and exposed only at the front end of the main body to provide light directly forwardly of the main body when the pivoting arm is in the lowered position. The batteries are mounted within the main body and electrically interconnected to the light generating element and switch member. The switch member and button are mounted to the main body for switching the light generating element between off and on states.

Lighting device convertible between reading light and pen light configurations and having single light actuating switch

A portable dual flashlight assembly includes a flexible and deformable elongated body member for wrapping and retaining the assembly around an object, a battery compartment mounted to each end of the body member and providing a source of electrical power at each end thereof, a light bulb enclosure mounted to each battery compartment, a light bulb mounted in each light bulb enclosure and generating a beam of light at one end of each battery compartment and a mechanism associated with each light bulb enclosure for switching each light bulb on and off. The deformable body member includes an elongated deformable member and a flexible tubular covering enclosing the deformable member. The flexible covering extends around and along the deformable member and has a longitudinal central channel receiving the wire therethrough.

Portable dual flashlight assembly with elongated deformable body member

An illuminated magnifying lens assembly includes a magnifying lens, a storage case having upper and lower portions, a support frame disposed about and supporting the lens, and a retainer element and fastener secured to the case and pivotally connecting the frame to the case such that the frame and lens therewith may be pivoted relative to the case in a circular arc from a stored position between the upper and lower portions of the case to a plurality of deployed viewing positions wherein the frame is angularly displaced from the case and the lens is exposed. The lens assembly also includes an electrical light source disposed within the frame for emitting and projecting light through a small hole in the frame and onto an object being magnified by the lens as observed through the lens. The light source is activated by pivoting the frame in a predetermined direction from the stored position to one of the deployed positions. The light source include a lamp, batteries, and a switch mechanism. The switch mechanism includes a contact element movable between open and closed positions, and a cam element disposed about the retainer element and acting on the contact element to move it from the open to closed position when the frame is pivoted in the predetermined direction from the stored to deployed position.

Illuminated magnifying lens assembly

A miniature pocket flashlight includes a battery receptacle and electrical switch unit, a lamp, and a lens module with an integral lens element which are all encased and covered by an outer sheath of flexible material. The lens module are mounted to an end of the battery receptacle and electrical switch unit and has a central passage formed therein behind the lens element which receives, surrounds and protects the lamp which is also mounted and electrically connected to the one end of the unit. The flexible outer sheath of the pocket flashlight is formed by a pair of flexible flaps integrally connected together at one end where they define an aperture for external exposure of an end of the lens element. The outer sheath is stretched over the components and the peripheral edges of the flexible flaps are attached to one another so as to encase and enclose and thereby retain together the lens module, lamp and battery receptacle and electrical switch unit.

Miniature pocket flashlight with lens module and outer flexible sheath

A peripherally sealed card-like flashlight device includes an inner light generating module, a middle folded card insert, and an outer peripherally sealed protective cover. The inner module includes a flat battery pack, a lamp having a light emitting element and a pair of conductive lead elements extending therefrom, and an electrical switch assembly attached on the flat battery pack. Strips of metallic tape are used to electrically connect one of the lead elements to one electrically conductive portion of the flat battery pack and to position the other of the lead elements over an aperture through the switch assembly and overlying and spaced from another electrically conductive portion of the flat battery pack. The switch assembly is operable for making and breaking an electrical circuit between the flat battery pack and lead elements of the lamp by applying and releasing pressure on and from a region of the outer protective cover overlying the aperture of the switch assembly of the inner light generating module.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Peter R Altman