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US3076891A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

New plastic flashlight head

Assignee: Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing Co
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Filing: 1960-05-31
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Granted: 1963-02-05
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Expires: 1980-05-31
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Arthur H Moore

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 10:34
CPC Classifications
F; F21; F21L; F21L4/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 332 words
A FLASHLIGHT HEAD ADAPTED FOR USE WITH AND FOR SEPARABLE ATTACHMENT TO A CASING CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE BATTERY AND FOR USE WITH A FLASHLIGHT BULB HAVING AN UPPER INCANDESCENT PORTION, A METAL BODY, BASE TERMINAL AND AN ANNULAR FLANGE CONNECTED TO SAID BODY INTERMEDIATE THE INCANDESCENT AND BODY PORTIONS, SAID FLANGE AND BODY COMPRISING A SECOND TERMINAL; SAID FLASHLIGHT HEAD COMPRISING A GENERALLY CONCAVE REFLECTOR BODY, A HOLLOW TUBULAR MEMBER EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID REFLECTOR BODY, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER DEFINING AN INTERNAL REARWARD SHOULDER TO RECEIVE THE FLANGE OF SAID BULB WHEN THE LATTER IS INSERTED WITHIN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID REFLECTOR BODY DEFINING AN OPENING PERMITTING THE INCANDESCENT PORTION OF THE BULB TO EXTEND FORWARDLY BEYOND SAID TUBULAR MEMBER SUCH THAT LIGHT FROM THE BULB MAY BE REFLECTED FROM SAID BODY, RESILIENT MEANS BEARING AGAINST THE BASE TERMINAL OF SAID BULB AND AGAINST A FIRST TERMINAL OF SAID BATTERY TO URGE SAID BULB FLANGE AGAINST SAID SHOULDER, SAID RESILIENT MEANS ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL CONTACT BETWEEN THE BASE TERMINAL AND SAID FIRST TERMINAL OF SAID BATTERY, SAID CASING ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH A SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID BATTERY OF OPPOSITE POLARITY TO SAID FIRST TERMINAL, SWITCH MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FLASHLIGHT HEAD AND SEPARABLE THEREWITH FROM SAID CASING, SAID SWITCH MEANS INCLUDING A MOVABLE RESILIENT CONTACT MEMBER MAKING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID CASING AND SAID SECOND BATTERY TERMINAL, SAID CONTACT MEMBER INCLUDING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND AN END CONTACT PORTION, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A RADIAL OPENING THEREIN FOR THE RECEPTION OF SAID END PORTION, SAID REFLECTOR BODY DEFINING CAM SURFACE MEANS ADJACENT TO SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND COOPERATIVELY ENGAGING SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION UPON AXIAL MOVEMENT OF THE CONTACT MEMBER, SAID MOVEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MEMBER AGAINST SAID CAM SURFACE MEANS EFFECTING GENERALLY RADIAL MOVEMENT OF THE END PORTION OF THE CONTACT MEMBER AGAINST THE BODY OF THE BULB TO ESTABLISH AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THERETHROUGH AND TO LOCK SAID BULB FLANGE AGAINST THE SHOULDER WITHIN THE TUBULAR MEMBER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 332 words
A FLASHLIGHT HEAD ADAPTED FOR USE WITH AND FOR SEPARABLE ATTACHMENT TO A CASING CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE BATTERY AND FOR USE WITH A FLASHLIGHT BULB HAVING AN UPPER INCANDESCENT PORTION, A METAL BODY, BASE TERMINAL AND AN ANNULAR FLANGE CONNECTED TO SAID BODY INTERMEDIATE THE INCANDESCENT AND BODY PORTIONS, SAID FLANGE AND BODY COMPRISING A SECOND TERMINAL; SAID FLASHLIGHT HEAD COMPRISING A GENERALLY CONCAVE REFLECTOR BODY, A HOLLOW TUBULAR MEMBER EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID REFLECTOR BODY, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER DEFINING AN INTERNAL REARWARD SHOULDER TO RECEIVE THE FLANGE OF SAID BULB WHEN THE LATTER IS INSERTED WITHIN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID REFLECTOR BODY DEFINING AN OPENING PERMITTING THE INCANDESCENT PORTION OF THE BULB TO EXTEND FORWARDLY BEYOND SAID TUBULAR MEMBER SUCH THAT LIGHT FROM THE BULB MAY BE REFLECTED FROM SAID BODY, RESILIENT MEANS BEARING AGAINST THE BASE TERMINAL OF SAID BULB AND AGAINST A FIRST TERMINAL OF SAID BATTERY TO URGE SAID BULB FLANGE AGAINST SAID SHOULDER, SAID RESILIENT MEANS ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL CONTACT BETWEEN THE BASE TERMINAL AND SAID FIRST TERMINAL OF SAID BATTERY, SAID CASING ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH A SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID BATTERY OF OPPOSITE POLARITY TO SAID FIRST TERMINAL, SWITCH MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FLASHLIGHT HEAD AND SEPARABLE THEREWITH FROM SAID CASING, SAID SWITCH MEANS INCLUDING A MOVABLE RESILIENT CONTACT MEMBER MAKING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID CASING AND SAID SECOND BATTERY TERMINAL, SAID CONTACT MEMBER INCLUDING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND AN END CONTACT PORTION, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A RADIAL OPENING THEREIN FOR THE RECEPTION OF SAID END PORTION, SAID REFLECTOR BODY DEFINING CAM SURFACE MEANS ADJACENT TO SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND COOPERATIVELY ENGAGING SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION UPON AXIAL MOVEMENT OF THE CONTACT MEMBER, SAID MOVEMENT OF THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MEMBER AGAINST SAID CAM SURFACE MEANS EFFECTING GENERALLY RADIAL MOVEMENT OF THE END PORTION OF THE CONTACT MEMBER AGAINST THE BODY OF THE BULB TO ESTABLISH AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THERETHROUGH AND TO LOCK SAID BULB FLANGE AGAINST THE SHOULDER WITHIN THE TUBULAR MEMBER.

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