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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1996
Raymond Sharrah, Collegeville, PA (US);
Charles Craft, Lansdale, PA (US);
John DiNenna, Bridgeport, PA (US);
Ludwin Mora, Columbus, OH (US);
Streamlight, Inc., Norristown, PA (US);
Abstract
A convertible flashlight (10) is provided having a head portion (12, 14) containing a lamp (36). A pair of divergent rear surfaces (15a, 15b) are formed on the head portion (12, 14), and a pair of rearwardly-extending arms (16a, 16b) having complementary forward surfaces are joined to the rear surfaces of the head portion by axial-pivotal connections (45a, 45b). In a first configuration, the arms extend rearwardly in parallel to provide a handle for configuring the flashlight in a hand-held configuration. When the arms (16a, 16b) are rotated about the axial-pivotal connections to the head portion (12, 14), the distal ends of the arms are moved apart so that the convertible flashlight assumes a second configuration, wherein the arms diverge outwardly from the respective rear surfaces of the head portion (12, 14) to provide a mounting surface to facilitate mounting the convertible flashlight to the head of a user. The arms (16a, 16b) are provided with resilient removable cover members (24a, 24b) for access to battery compartments formed within the arms. The resilient cover members (24a, 24b) form the exterior surfaces of the arms to provide a comfortable grip in the first configuration, and a resilient head-mounting surface in the second configuration.
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