IP Library Granted Patent US 8,613,523
Granted Patent B2
US 8,613,523 · App. 13/356,161 · Granted Dec 24, 2013

Portable electric lighting lamp with improved fixing

Inventors: Boris Bouffay (Saint Bernard du Touvet, FR); Frederic Piu (Pontcharra, FR); Christophe Chedal-Anglay (Cren Gevrier, FR)
Assignee: ZEDEL
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Patent No.
US 8,613,523
App. No.
13/356,161
Granted
Dec 24, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lamp comprises a lighting module mounted on a front housing, an electric power supply device connected to the lighting module, a rear pressing part, and means for fixing. The latter comprise a flexible link fixed to the rear pressing part, a securing device having gripping means, means for tensioning, and sliding means of the link designed to move the front housing and the rear pressing part towards one another. The flexible link is formed by a cord, a lace, or a flexible wire, and the gripping means of the securing device are centralized on the rear pressing part.

Claims (15)

1. A portable electric headlamp for use by a user, comprising:

a lighting module fitted in a front housing,

an electric power supply device connected to the lighting module,

a rear pressing part, and

means for fixing the lamp on the user's head joining the front housing and the rear pressing part, said means for fixing including:

a flexible link formed by a cord or a lace, and having first ends which are fixed to the rear pressing part,

a securing device having gripping means attached to second ends of the link, the gripping means being centralized on the rear pressing part, and

and sliding means causing the link to slide after pulling the gripping means so as to move the front housing and the rear pressing part towards one another.

2. The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the securing device comprises a winder fixed onto the rear pressing part.

3. The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the gripping means are formed by a loop of the second ends of the link, said loop being salient over a variable length with respect to a blocking surface of the pressing part.

4. The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the securing device comprises blocking means arranged to occupy either a blocking position of the link or a free movement position of said link.

5. The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding means comprise at least one groove receiving the flexible link, said groove being arranged in the front housing or in a connecting brace supported by this front housing.

6. The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the electric power supply device is connected to the housing by a power supply cable having a winding area, the link extending at least partially inside the winding area.

7. The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the means for fixing further comprise at least one intermediate strap joining the front housing and the flexible link, the intermediate strap and/or the link being made from a flexible material.

8. The headlamp according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible link is made from an elastic material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2012
From: BOUFFAY, BORIS; PIU, FREDERIC; CHEDAL-ANGLAY, CHRISTOPHE
To: ZEDEL
Reel/Frame 027579/0958 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 11 00302 · Feb 1, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120195026A1 · Aug 2, 2012