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US 8,157,403 · App. 12/454,347 · Granted Apr 17, 2012

Light device with detachable clip member

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Patent No.
US 8,157,403
App. No.
12/454,347
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clip light, for detachably mounting the clip light to a visor of a cap, includes a light arrangement and a detachable clip member. The light arrangement includes a light housing and a light device supported within the light housing, wherein the detachable clip member is detachably coupling with the light housing, wherein the detachable clip member is adapted to be detached for replacing to another type of clip member for different purposes. The detachable clip member is rotatably coupling with the light housing, such that a projecting angle of the light from the light source is adapted to be adjusted via a rotation manner.

Claims (11)

1. A light device for a cap having a visor with a predetermined curvature, comprising:

a light housing having a front light window, an attachment surface, and a receiving cavity indently provided at said attachment surface;

a power source supported within said light housing,

a light source electrically connected to said power source and aligned with said light window for generating a light beam towards said light window; and

a detachable clip member detachably received at said receiving cavity to couple the light device to said visor of said cap, such detachable clip member having two spaced apart clipping arms extended from said attachment surface of said light housing for adjustably coupling to said visor of said cap, a retention base detachably coupling with said attachment surface of said light housing, and a rotatable base rotatable coupling with said retention base;

wherein said clipping arms are spacedly mounted at said rotatable base in such a manner that said light housing is adapted to selectively swivel to adjust a light projecting angle when said detachable clip member coupled to said visor of said cap.

2. The light, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said light housing further has 5 two sliding tracks formed at two sidewalls of said receiving cavity to slidably engage with two side edges of said detachable clip member in a detachably attaching manner.

3. The light, as recited in claim 2 , wherein two side edges of said retention base are slidably engaged with said sliding tracks to retain said detachable clip member on said attachment surface of said light housing in a swiveling manner.

4. The clip light, as recited in claim 3 , wherein said light source comprises a plurality of LEDs spacedly and longitudinally supported within said light housing to align with said light window.

5. The light, as recited in claim 4 , wherein said power source comprises a battery compartment provided in said light housing for receiving one or more batteries in said battery compartment, and a compartment enclosure detachably coupled at said attachment surface of said light housing to enclose said battery compartment.

6. The clip light, as recited in claim 5 , wherein said light source further comprises a control switch provided at an unattachment surface, which is an opposed to said attachment surface, to selectively control said light source in an on and off manner.

Continuity (1)
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