Electronic flash apparatus

Claim 1

A PORTABLE FLASH DEVICE FOR REMOTE USE WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A MAIN HOUSING FORMED FROM A MOLDED MATERIAL; A COLLAPSIBLE TELESCOPIC MAST; AN INSERTABLE MOLDED MEMBER; A CYLINDER VERTICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING AT THE REAR THEREOF, SAID CYLINDER PROVIDING STORAGE MEANS FOR SAID MAST; SAID HOUSING HAVING AN ACCESS MEANS THERETO, SAID ACCESS MEANS BEING A DOOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT THE FRONT OF SAID HOUSING, SAID ACCESS MEANS PERMITTING ENTRY TO ONE OR MORE STORAGE AREAS, SAID STORAGE AREAS BEING FORMED WITHIN SAID INSERTABLE MEMBER; SAID INSERTABLE MOLDED MEMBER BEING CONSTRUCTED OF A SUBSTANTIALLY MAGNETICALLY AND ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, SAID MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF FINS MOLDED ON THE OUTER SIDES THEREOF, SAID MEMBER FITTING WITHIN SAID MAIN HOUSING, SAID MEMBER BEING LOCATED PROXIMATE TO SAID ACCESS MEANS, SAID FINS PROVIDING AN AIR CIRCULATION SPACE BETWEEN THE INNER WALL OF SAID HOUSING AND THE OUTER SIDES OF SAID INSERTABLE MEMBER; AND A FLASH MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE TOP OF SAID MAST, SAID MEANS BEING SECURED TO A SEMIUNIVERSAL MOUNT LOCATED ON THE TOP OF SAID MAST.