Boat utility light apparatus

Claim 2

A boat utility light apparatus comprising a sealed beam automobile-type lamp with power input terminals and a circular lens with a circumferential edge, a flexible power conductor line electrically connecting the power input terminals of the lamp to a source of electric power, a weather-tight housing surrounding the lamp comprising a. a hollow, approximately hemispheric fairing which fairing is formed with a circular aperture in a planar face through which aperture light is projected from the lamp, and which fairing is formed with a power line aperture through which the power line is passed and sealed in place in a weather-tight fashion, b. an O-ring seat within the fairing adjacent to and concentric with the circular aperture in the fairing, c. an inner O-ring positioned between the ''''O'''' ring seat and the circumferential edge of the lamp, d. an outer O ring, positioned around an exterior portion of the circumferential edge of the lamp, and e. a removable, annular locking ring, coaxially attached to the fairing to form a rim surrounding the circular aperture in the hemispheric fairing, which locking ring is so dimensioned that the outer O-ring, the circumferential edge of the lamp, and the inner O-ring are pressed between the locking ring and the O-ring seat, a telescoping member, a distal end of which is attached to the housing so that it is capable of supporting the housing, and a clamp assembly attached to a proximal end of the telescoping member, which clamp assembly serves to fix the utility light apparatus to a structural component of a boat.

Claim 3

The boat utility light of claim 1 further comprising a dimmer control electrically connected in the power conductor line and mechanically attached to the clamp assembly; whereby, the brightness of the lamp is regulated.

Claim 4

The boat utility light of claim 2 further comprising a power shut-off switch in the dimmer control.

Claim 5

The boat utility light apparatus of claim 1 wherein the clamp assembly comprises a clamp channel with a horizontal plate attached to two, separated, parallel side plates which are downwardly disposed, one of which side plate is formed with a threaded aperture approximately perpendicular to a principal face of said side plate, and a set screw inserted into the threaded aperture in the side plate; whereby, the clamp assembly is slipped about a structural member of a boat fastened in position with the set screw.

Claim 6

The boat utility light of claim 1 wherein the telescoping member comprises a first clevis joint attached to the lamp housing, which first clevis joint comprises two approximately parallel lugs each formed with a Single, coaxial aperture; a first bolt capable of passing through both coaxial apertures; and a first wing nut fastened to the first bolt, a first tubular segment, a distal end of which is formed with a pair of coaxial apertures in its wall; whereby, the distal end of the first tubular segment is pivotably attached to the lamp housing and the first clevis joint by inserting the first bolt through the pair of coaxial apertures in the distal end of the first tubular segment, and by tightening the first wing nut, a second tubular segment of sufficient inner diameter so that varying lengths of the first tubular segment are freely inserted into a distal end of the second tubular segment, the distal end of which second tubular segment is formed with a threaded set screw aperture tapped through a wall of the second segment, and a proximal end of which second segment is formed with a pair of coaxial apertures in its wall, a set screw inserted in the set screw aperture of the second tubular segment to maintain the first and second tubular segments in a fixed spatial relationship with respect to one another, and a second clevis joint, attached to an upper face of the clamp assembly, which second clevis joint comprises two approximately parallel lugs each formed with a single, coaxial aperture; a second bolt passing through both coaxial apertures in the lugs; and a second wing nut fastened to the second bolt; whereby, the proximal end of the second tubular segment is pivotably attached to the clamp assembly and the second clevis joint by inserting the second bolt through the pair of coaxial apertures in the proximal end of the second tubular segment, and by tightening the second wing nut.

Claim 7

The boat utility light apparatus of claim 1 wherein the source of electric power is a boat''s storage battery.

Claim 8

The boat utility light apparatus of claim 6 further comprising alligator clips at the ends of the flexible power conductor line for attachment to terminals of the boat''s storage battery.