Dent repair light
View Patent ↗The present invention is a dent repair light with a lamp used to illuminate even minor dent distortions in a vehicle body so a technician can identify and repair the dent. The dent repair light may include a support base with at least two suction cups positioned apart from one another and being movably mounted to the support base. The suction cups may be pivotally mounted to the support base by a vertical axis and a horizontal axis. A power supply may be pivotally mounted to the support base. The power supply may be connected to the lamp by way of a flexible arm, thus offering adjustable support of the lamp relative to the support base. The flexible arm may also support a wire providing electrical communication between the power supply and the lamp. The suction cups mounted apart from one another and movably mounted to the support base may allow for the support base to securely support the dent repair light on a vehicle body without causing any damage to the vehicle body.
1 . A dent repair light, comprising:
a lamp including a light source and a light housing supporting the light source;
a support base including a base crossbar with two suction cups distally positioned from one another and each of the two suction cups movably mounted to the base crossbar about a respective horizontal axis, enabling rotation of each suction cup around their respective horizontal axis, the base crossbar also supporting a power supply in electrical communication with the lamp; and
a flexible arm movably mounted to the light housing and connected to the power supply, whereby the flexible arm provides adjustable structural support to the lamp, the flexible arm also providing support for the electrical communication between the power supply and the lamp.
2 . The dent repair light according to claim 1 , wherein the two suction cups are movably mounted to the base crossbar about a respective vertical axis enabling full rotation of each suction cup about their respective vertical axis.
3 . The dent repair light according to claim 1 , further comprising two cup screw knobs, wherein each of the two suction cups are adjustably secured to the base crossbar about their respective horizontal axis by way of their respective cup screw knob.
4 . The dent repair light according to claim 1 , wherein the power supply is movably coupled to the base crossbar.
5 . The dent repair light according to claim 1 , wherein the power supply is pivotally coupled to the base crossbar, thereby allowing the power supply to change angular orientation relative to the base crossbar.
6 . The dent repair light according to claim 5 , further comprising a main screw knob fastening the power supply to the base crossbar, the main screw knob providing a frictional force between the power supply and the base crossbar to releasably secure the power supply to the base crossbar at different positions.
7 . The dent repair light according to claim 1 , wherein the power supply is comprised of a battery receiver and a battery pack.
8 . The dent repair light according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible arm is comprised of a plurality of individual segments fit together allowing more than one degree of freedom of movement between each adjacent segment.
9 . The dent repair light according to claim 8 , wherein each segment of the flexible arm includes a joint that allows three degrees of freedom of movement between each adjacent segment.
10 . The dent repair light according to claim 9 , wherein the joint that allows for three degrees of freedom is a ball and socket joint.
11 . The dent repair light according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible arm houses a wire connection between the power supply and the lamp.
12 . The dent repair light according to claim 11 , wherein the wire includes a slip ring between the lamp and the power supply to allow the wire to rotate freely without excessively twisting the wire when the lamp rotates with respect to the power supply.
13 . The dent repair light according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical communication between the power supply and the lamp is a wire wrapped around the flexible arm.
14 . The dent repair light according to claim 13 , wherein the wire wrapped around the flexible arm is a coiled wire.
15 . The dent repair light according to claim 1 , further comprising a lamp stop on the light housing and a lamp elbow stop on a distal end of the flexible arm, whereby the lamp stop limits the degree of rotation of the lamp relative to the flexible arm, thus limiting the movement of the lamp relative to the power supply to prevent excess twisting of a wire used as the electrical communication between the lamp and the power supply.
16 . The dent repair light according to claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the flexible arm is joined to the light housing by way of a ball and socket joint providing three degrees of freedom of movement between the lamp and the flexible arm.
17 . A vehicle dent repair light comprising:
a lamp including a light source and a light housing supporting the light source;
a support base including two suction cups distally positioned from one another and each of the two suction cups movably mounted to the support base, each about a respective horizontal axis and a respective vertical axis, each of the suction cups providing movement about their respective horizontal axis and full rotation about their respective vertical axis, the support base also including a power supply in electrical communication with the lamp; and
a flexible arm movably mounted to the light housing and connected to the power supply, whereby the flexible arm provides adjustable structural support to the lamp, the flexible arm also providing support for the electrical communication between the power supply and the lamp.
18 . The dent repair light according to claim 17 , wherein the support base is further comprised of a base crossbar that supports the two suction cups and is movably coupled to the power supply, thereby enabling rotation of the power supply relative to the suction cups.
19 . The dent repair light according to claim 18 , further comprising a main screw knob fastening the power supply to the base crossbar, the main screw knob providing a frictional force between the power supply and the base crossbar to releasably secure the power supply to the base crossbar at different angular orientations.
20 . The dent repair light according to claim 17 , further comprising two cup screw knobs, wherein each of the two suction cups are adjustably secured to the base crossbar about their respective horizontal axis by way of their respective cup screw knob.