Portable light
View Patent ↗A portable light is disclosed including a housing having an upper end, a lower end and a cavity for receiving a power source therein. The housing further includes at the upper end a channel having channel walls and a plurality of LED lights in the channel. The channel walls have a height greater than the height of the LED lights.
1. A portable light comprising:
a pen-shaped housing having an upper end, a lower end and a cavity for receiving a power source therein;
said housing further comprising at said upper end a channel having a first channel wall and a second channel wall, said first channel wall and said second channel wall being spaced apart substantially equidistant from each other and parallel to each other, and a plurality of LED lights in said channel arranged in a column; and
wherein said channel walls have a height greater than the height of said LED lights.
2. The portable light of claim 1 wherein said housing includes a clamping means.
3. The portable light of claim 2 wherein said clamping means is attached to said housing by a plurality of leg members.
4. The portable light of claim 1 wherein said housing includes a removable end cap at the lower end of said housing.
5. The portable light of claim 4 wherein said end cap and said lower end of said housing include cooperating thread means constructed and arranged to allow removal and attachment of said end cap to said housing.
6. The portable light of claim 5 wherein said thread means comprises corresponding T-shaped spiral grooves and T-shaped spiral tongues.
7. The portable light of claim 1 wherein said housing has a substantially flat front face and substantially semi-circular side walls.
8. The portable light of claim 1 wherein said housing further includes a switch cavity at said upper end of said housing and an elastic switch member disposed therein for turning said portable light on and off.
9. The portable light of claim 1 wherein said power source comprises one or more batteries.
10. A portable light comprising:
a pen-shaped housing having an upper end, a lower end, a cavity for receiving a power source therein and a removable end cap at the lower end of said housing;
said housing further comprising a substantially flat front face and a substantially semi-circular side wall, an upper end of said substantially flat front face further includes a channel having a first channel wall and a second channel wall, said first channel wall and said second channel wall being spaced apart substantially equidistant from each other and parallel to each other, and a plurality of LED lights in a column in said channel;
said housing further having a switch cavity at said upper end of said housing and an elastic switch member disposed therein for turning said portable light on and off.
11. The portable light of claim 10 wherein said housing includes a clamping means.
12. The portable light of claim 11 wherein said clamping means is attached to said housing by a plurality of leg members.
13. The portable light of claim 10 wherein said end cap and said lower end of said housing include cooperating thread means constructed and arranged to allow removal and attachment of said end cap to said housing.
14. The portable light of claim 13 wherein said thread means comprises corresponding T-shaped spiral grooves and T-shaped spiral tongues.
15. The portable light of claim 10 wherein said plurality of LED lights comprises at least four LED lights.
16. The portable light of claim 10 wherein said power source comprises one or more batteries.
17. A portable light comprising:
a pen-shaped housing having an upper end, a lower end, a cavity for receiving a power source therein and a removable end cap at the lower end of said housing;
said housing further comprising a substantially flat front face and a substantially semi-circular side wall, an upper end of said substantially flat front face further includes a channel having a first channel wall and a second channel wall, said first channel wall and said second channel wall being spaced apart substantially equidistant from each other and parallel to each other, and a plurality of LED lights in a column in said channel and comprising at least four LED lights;
said housing further having a switch cavity at said upper end of said housing and an electric switch member disposed therein for turning said portable light on and off; and
said housing includes a clamping means at said upper end.
18. The portable light of claim 17 wherein said clamping means is attached to said housing by a plurality of leg members.
19. The portable light of claim 17 wherein said means for removal of said end cap comprise thread means.
20. The portable light of claim 19 wherein said power source comprises a plurality of batteries.