Light handle having bendable shield

Abstract

A disposable light handle is designed for removable attachment to manually adjustable light fixtures employed in sterile medical settings. The light handle includes an elongated handle body, having one end closed, and an opposite end provided with a threaded portion. At the junction of handle body and threaded portion is an integrally formed circular shield that projects therefrom to provide a guard against contact between the hand of a user and the light fixture. The shield is sufficiently resilient and flexible to permit opposite sides of an outer periphery to bend into an overlying relationship to the handle body for minimizing width in storage. The shield is provided with loops located diametrically opposed to one another on the periphery of the shield. Connector projections are diametrically opposed to one another along the length of the handle body, and positioned to releasably receive thereon the loops when the shield is bent into an overlying relationship. Light handles are interconnectable in a package by providing an elongated groove originating in the closed end of each handle body and extending along a portion of the length of the surface of each handle body, and an insert projection on a surface substantially opposite the elongated groove of each handle body. The insert projection of one handle body is inerrable into the elongated groove of a second handle body, thereby allowing interconnection for minimizing space in packaging.