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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frans G Van Der Bel, Southbridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 23 ; 362105 ;
Abstract
A headlight system for directing light to a work site including a head cap or base, a main housing mounted on the base and positioned on the forehead of the user, and a cartridge or optical housing mounted for axial rotation within the main housing, about an axis which is horizontal and perpendicular to the line of sight of the user. Light from a fiber optic conduit is directed into the housing along the horizontal axis and reflected forward by a mirror and lens system. The final direction of light is variable within a plane and perpendicular to the horizontal axis.