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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Fusu Thao, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Giuseppe M. Bommarito, Stillwater, MN (US);
Thomas E. Dewey, Jr., Hudson, WI (US);
Kathleen M. Stenersen, River Falls, WI (US);
Beth A. Fritcher, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Stephen R. Alexander, Stillwater, MN (US);
Phillip A. Bolea, Grant, MN (US);
Michele A. Waldner, Minneapolis, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a light detection device and a method of using such device are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the light detection device can include a housing including a top surface and a bottom surface, where the housing extends along a housing axis between the top surface and the bottom surface; and a support member connected to the housing and adapted to be selectively moved from a closed position to an open position. The support member is further adapted to maintain the light detection device in an upright position when the bottom surface and the support member are in contact with a working surface and the support member is in the open position.