Remote control arm-mounted flashlight
View Patent ↗A remote finger switch device and arm mount for an electrical lighting accessory, such as a flashlight, and operation thereof from the finger switch. The switch device can include a remote control unit in electrical contact with the end of a flexible cable. The remote control unit can include an integral finger mount for attachment to a finger of the user. An arm-mount for the flashlight is also disclosed, and includes a wraparound strap, and an arm panel attached to the strap and bearing a Picatinny rail. A base attached to the flashlight clamps tongue-in-groove to the Picatinny rail. The flexible cable can include one end in electrical contact with the remote control unit and a second end in electrical contact with a first connector adapted for being electrically connected to a complementary second connector on the arm-mounted electrical lighting accessory.
1. An arm-mount comprising:
a wraparound strap;
a wrist panel attached to said strap, said wrist panel comprising a topside and a raised rail extending linearly along said topside, and an arched underside configured to conform to a user's arm when worn thereon; and
a base having a clamping mount on a top side, said clamping mount including two opposed walls spaced apart by a groove there between, the walls being inwardly-angled to conform to said raised rail on the wrist panel for slidable tongue-in-groove fitment of the raised rail in the clamping mount.
2. The arm-mount according to claim 1 , wherein said wrist panel comprises opposing stirrups for passing said wraparound strap.
3. The arm-mount according to claim 1 , wherein said wrist panel comprises an elongate slot extending across a bottom side for seating a flexible cable.
4. The arm-mount according to claim 3 , wherein said elongate slot is fluted at both ends.
5. The arm-mount according to claim 1 , wherein said rail comprises transverse slots.
6. The arm-mount according to claim 5 , wherein said groove is keyed to said rail.
7. The arm-mount according to claim 1 , wherein said base comprises a post for fixation to said rail.
8. The arm-mount according to claim 7 , wherein said post traverses the walls of said rail.
9. The arm-mount according to claim 8 , wherein said transverse post is threaded to clamp said walls.
10. The arm-mount according to claim 9 , wherein said rail is defined by a pattern of transverse slots to index an axial position of said base along said rail.