Light with a clip
View Patent ↗A portable light intended for mounting on a garment as support includes two LED light sources spaced apart towards the rear of the portable light. A clipped base below on anchor facilitates locating a garment between the anchor and the base, and a spring action urges the base toward the anchor. A hingedly movable head for the LEDs is mounted on the housing to move to and form the housing. An opening of the housing causes a switch in the housing to move between an opened and closed position such that a circuit actives or de activates the LED lights when the head opens or closes relative to the housing.
1. A portable light for mounting on a support comprising:
an anchor to be secured with a support;
a housing portion mounted to the anchor, the housing portion including a head for a light source;
a switch for the light source, the switch being operable by movement of the head for the light source relative to the housing; and
a base plate cooperating with the anchor, the light source being mounted relative to the anchor on a position opposite to the base plate.
2. A light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base plate and the anchor are hingedly connected.
3. A light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base plate and the anchor are hingedly connected, and a spring urging the base plate and the anchor towards each other.
4. A light as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the base and the anchor effectively form a clip for securing the light to a support, such that the material for the support is locatable between the base and the anchor, and thereby the light is secured to the support for the light.
5. A light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the head is hingedly movable relative to the housing, and wherein the switch is operable to turn the light source on when the head is moved from the housing.
6. A light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the head includes at least two light sources, the light sources being angled relative to the head to extend a field of illumination forwardly from the rear of the head toward the forward end of the head, and wherein the field of illumination partly overlaps in the area at the forward end of the housing.
7. A light as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the two light sources are spaced apart at a position remote from the forward end of the housing and the rear end of the housing.
8. A light as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the head is mounted on a top of the housing, the top being on the side remote from the anchor, and the head being for clipping engagement into an indent formed on a top face of the housing.
9. A light as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the head includes a protrusion, the protrusion being for extending through an aperture in a top face the housing, the protrusion acting to operate a switch when the protrusion moves between a position relative to the housing thereby to activate a switch between closure and opening.
10. A light as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the protrusion is relatively fixed on an under plate of the head, and the activation of the switch being effected by the location of the head relative to the position of the housing.
11. A light as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the housing and anchor are fixedly formed relative to each other.
12. A light as claimed in claim 11 , including a friction element in a hinge between the head and the housing, thereby to inhibit movement between the head and housing.
13. A portable light for mounting on a support comprising:
an anchor to be secured with a support;
a housing portion mounted to the anchor, the housing portion including a head for a light source;
a switch for the light source, the switch being operable by movement of the head for the light source relative to the housing;
a base for the light; and
the base and the anchor effectively forming a clip for securing the light to a support, such that the material for the support is locatable between the base and the anchor, and thereby the light is secured to the support for the light.
14. A light as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the bead is hingedly movable relative to the housing, and wherein the switch is operable to turn the light source on when the head is moved from the housing.
15. A portable light for mounting on a support comprising:
an anchor to be secured with a support;
a housing portion mounted to the anchor, the housing portion including a head for a light source;
a switch for the light source, the switch being operable by movement of the head for the light source relative to the housing; and
a base cooperating with the anchor, the light source being mounted relative to the anchor on a position opposite to the base.