Thermometer case with automatic illuminating and magnifying means

Claim 1

A CLINICAL THERMOMETER ILLUMINATING DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CASING, AN ILLUMINATING ASSEMBLY WITHIN ONE END OF SAID CASING, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC BULB, BATTERY MEANS AND CIRCUIT CLOSING MEANS IN CIRCUIT WITH SAID BULB AND BATTERY MEANS, SAID CASING HAVING AT SAID ONE END THEREOF A RADIALLY PROJECTING WALLED PORTION, A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED OPENINGS IN SAID RADIALLY PROJECTING WALLED PORTION, SAID ALIGNED OPENINGS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CASING FOR SLIDABLY MOUNTING THEREIN A CLINICAL THERMOMETER IN OPPOSED RELATION TO SAID ELECTRIC BULB, SAID RADIALLY PROJECTING CASING PORTION HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CASING FOR VIEWING SAID MOUNT THERMOMETER, SAID CIRCUIT CLOSING MEANS INCLUDING A MOVABLE SPRING MEMBER IN A NORMALLY OPEN CIRCUIT POSITION AND LOCATED FOR ENGAGEMENT BY THE CLINICAL THERMOMETR IN THE MOUNTED POSITION THEREOF TO MOVE SAID SPRING MEMBER TO ITS CIRCUIT CLOSING POSITION WHEREBY SAID BULB IS ENERGIZED BY SAID BATTERIES TO ILLUMINATE SAID MOUNTED THERMOMETER.