The present invention is a pocket light that allows a user to view documents in a dark situation without having to hold a flashlight. The pocket light fits easily over the top of the pocket and can be covered by a conventional pocket flap. The light is an LED display device that produces a significant amount of light so a user could check identification or documentation, as in a license check, or registration verification for police. The pocket light has a push button power switch that can be activated by the user through the fabric of their shirt.
1. A light for a shirt breast pocket and flap combination, the pocket having a top edge, the flap coving the pocket and the pocket's top edge, comprising;
an outer casing;
a power source, enclosed in said outer casing;
a light display, enclosed in said outer casing;
wherein said outer casing is a waterproof protective casing for the interior workings of the pocket light;
wherein said outer casing has two members;
wherein said two members are joined by a hinge;
wherein said power source is housed in the first of said two members;
wherein said light display is housed in the second of said two members;
wherein the pocket light is activated by a light touch to the first of said members;
wherein there is at least one LED light within said light display;
wherein said pocket light is worn by a user by placing said first member in a shirt or other pocket, and bending said second member on the exterior of the pocket by means of said hinge;
wherein said first member fits within the interior the pocket;
wherein said hinge reaches the top edge of the pocket;
wherein said second member is disposed outside of the pocket.
2. A pocket light as in claim 1 , wherein said second member is smaller than a pocket flap, and can be disguised while in the pocket.
3. A pocket light as in claim 2 , wherein said second member houses said light display at an opposite end from said hinge and said first member.
4. A pocket light as in claim 3 , wherein said second member is at a 30 degree downward and outward angle from said first member.
5. A pocket light as in claim 4 , wherein said hinge allows a user to place said second member from the 30 degree outward and downward angle to a 90 degree angle from said first member.
6. A pocket light as in claim 5 , wherein a user may activate said light display by touching said first member through the shirt pocket.
7. A pocket light as in claim 6 , wherein the user may activate said light display and have both hands free to hold documentation or any other item which has need of illumination.
8. A light for a shirt breast pocket and flap combination, the pocket having a top edge, the flap coving the pocket and the pocket's top edge, comprising;
an outer casing;
a power source, enclosed in said outer casing;
a light display, enclosed in said outer casing;
a clip between said first member and said second member;
wherein said outer casing is a waterproof protective casing for the interior workings of the pocket light;
wherein said outer casing has two members, at least one of said two members having a configuration;
wherein said two members we joined by a hinge;
wherein said power source is housed in the first of said two members;
wherein said light display is housed in the second of said two members;
wherein the pocket light is activated by a light touch to the first of said members; and
wherein there are at least one LED light within said light display;
wherein said pocket light is worn by a user by placing said first member in a shirt or other pocket, and bending said second member on the exterior of the pocket by means of said hinge;
wherein said first member fits within the interior the pocket;
wherein said hinge reaches the top edge of the pocket;
wherein said second member is disposed outside of the pocket.