Hot line indicator useable with a plurality of hand tools

Claim 1

FOR USE WITH ANY OF A SELECTED ONE OF A PLURALITY OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE HAND TOOLS HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE WORKING AREA, A VOLTAGE TESTING ATTACHMENT COMPRISING, AN ELONGATED SLEEVE MADE OF A RESILIENT, NON-CONDUCTING, COMPLAINT MATERIAL, SAID MATERIAL HAVING A HIGH DEGREE OF TRANSPARENCY, A VOLTAGE INDICATING BULB EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SLEEVE ALONG THE OUTER SURFACE THEREOF, SAID BULB HAVING TWO ELECTRODES, ONE OF SAID ELECTRODES BEING POSITIONED TO EXTEND THROUGH AND PROJECT OUT FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF THE RESILIENT SLEEVE FOR CONDUCTIVE CONTACT WITH THE CONDUCTIVE AREA OF THE TOOL TO WHICH APPLIED, CURRENT LIMITING MEANS TOTALLY EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SLEEVE, ONE TERMINAL OF SAID CURRENT LIMITING MEANS BEING CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT WITH THE SECOND OF SAID ELECTRODES OF SAID BULB, AND CONDUCTIVE MEANS FIXEDLY POSITIONED ALONG THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE SLEEVE FOR USER CONTACT THEREWITH, THE SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID CURRENT LIMITING MEANS BEING CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT THEREWITH.