Lighting device designed to fit on a mounting, particularly textile
View Patent ↗Lighting device for equipping a mounting, particularly textile, comprising a case provided with a rechargeable or dry battery or batteries that power a lamp bulb, characterized in that the case has a housing on its front surface that contains the lamp, the front surface of said lamp being positioned against the inner surface of the textile mounting which has an opening in this region that is more or less the same size as the lamp, the case being held in position by means of the textile mounting being gripped by a movable outer ring that operates in conjunction with the case.
1. A lighting device for attachment to garment comprising:
said garment including an opening;
said lighting device including a case with a front surface and including a window, a plurality of spikes extending from said front surface and a housing projecting proximate the bounds of the window in a direction away from said front surface defining a cavity, said housing mounting an electrical contact, lateral recesses and at least one slit;
a power supply connected to said electrical contact;
a lamp including lateral pins received by said recesses for mounting the lamp to the housing for pivotal motion and terminals to engage the contact for powering said lamp, said terminals arranged to engage the contact and power said lamp in response to pivoting of the lamp; and
a ring including an arm received in the slit to couple the ring to the case through said garment opening and trap said garment there between to attach the device to the garment with said lamp registering with said opening.
2. The device of claim 1 comprising said lamp includes a glass and said recesses and pins are disposed to locate said glass substantially co-planar with said front surface.
3. The device of claim 1 comprising said contact including a blade having a pitch to contact said terminals when said lamp is pivoted.
4. The device of claim 3 comprising said contact including a pair of blades having pitches.
5. The device of claim 1 comprising a circular ring.
6. The device of claim 1 comprising said ring including garment engaging spikes.
7. The device of claim 1 comprising said housing including at least two slits and said ring having an arm to be received by each slit.
8. The device of claim 1 comprising said case having a compartment to contain a battery power source.
9. A light and garment combination comprising:
said garment including and opening;
said light including a case with a front surface and including a window, a plurality of spikes extending from said front surface and a housing projecting proximate the bounds of the window in a direction away from said front surface defining a cavity, said housing mounting an electrical contact, a lateral recesses and at least one slit;
a power supply connected to said electrical contact;
a lamp including lateral pins received by said recesses for mounting the lamp to the housing for pivotal motion and terminals to engage the contact for powering said lamp, said terminals arranged to engage the contact and power said lamp in response to pivoting of the lamp; and
a ring including an arm received in the slit to couple the ring to the case through said garment opening and trap said garment there between to attach the device to the garment with said lamp registering with said opening.
10. The combination of claim 9 comprising said garment is a hat.
11. The combination of claim 10 comprising said hat having a foam lining to retain said case.
12. The combination of claim 10 comprising said hat having a visor and said opening disposed above the visor.
13. The device of claim 9 comprising said lamp includes a glass and said recesses and pins are disposed to locate said glass substantially co-planar with said front surface.
14. The device of claim 9 comprising said contact including a blade having a pitch to contact said terminals when said lamp is pivoted.
15. The device of claim 14 comprising said contact including a pair of blades having pitches.
16. The device of claim 9 comprising a circular ring.
17. The device of claim 9 comprising said ring including garment engaging spikes.
18. The device of claim 9 comprising said housing including at least two slits and said ring having an arm to be received by each slit.
19. The device of claim 9 comprising said case having a compartment to contain a battery power source.