Portable lamp, adapted to be worn on the head of a user

Claim 1

A light-weight, vibration-resistant, head-mounted portable lamp and power source combination, particularly adapted for hands-free recreational and repair activities, comprising: a housing (1) which can be disposed on the person of the user, remote from the head, a low-voltage power source disposed in said housing; a lamp unit (3) of light-weight materials including a reflector (14) and a low-voltage halogen incandescent light source (13); a cable (2) interconnecting the housing and the lamp unit; a universally adjustable carrying headband (4) capable of being secured around the head of a user and remaining so secured throughout any athletic activity by the user; and means (5,6) providing a detachable mounting of the lamp unit (3) on the carrying band, including an angle element (5), having first (5a) and second (5b) portions disposed at angle with respect to each other, said first portion (5a) being separably attached to the carrying headband (4) and said second portion (5b) projecting slightly from the head of the user; and a single separable ball and socket joint (6) adjustably interconnecting the lamp unit (3) and said angle element (5), at least one of said ball and said socket being formed of elastically deformable material, one part of said ball-and-socket joint being formed in said second portion (5b) of said angle element, said angle element being so dimensioned and said joint being so positioned thereon to permit pointing of said light source, selectively, horizontally directly ahead of the user, within a range of about 50° downwardly from the horizontal, rotated around the vertical axis, and any combination of the foregoing.