Portable light
A versatile, low profile, lightweight, compact, body mounted lighting system includes a housing mountable to a person's body and a light module in the housing. The light module may include at least one LED producing a beam. There is a lens in front of the LED and a mechanism is configured to move the lens to adjust the distance between the lens and the LED to vary the size of the beam.
1. A versatile, low profile, lightweight, compact body mounted lighting system comprising: a housing including spaced strap slots for mounting the housing to a person's body via a strap extending through the spaced strap slots; an LED module in the housing, the LED module including: a cover pivotably mounted to the housing,
at least one LED assembly coupled to the cover and including at least one LED, a lens in a lens carrier moveably mounted to the cover and configured to adjust the distance between the lens and the LED to vary the size of the beam; and in which the cover includes a power cord for the LED module extending through the housing and into the LED assembly and constituting a hinge between the housing and the cover.
2. The lighting system of claim 1 in which lens carrier resides in a focus dial rotatable to adjust the distance between the lens and the LED.
3. The lighting system of claim 1 in which the LED module further includes a rearward heat sink and the LED assembly is mounted to the heat sink.
4. The lighting system of claim 3 in which the heat sink is a polymer body with molded rearward fins.
5. The lighting system of claim 1 further including a power pack connected to the power cord.
6. The lighting system of claim 5 in which the power pack includes at least one rearward facing blinking light.
7. The lighting system of claim 1 further including a plurality of harnesses for mounting the housing to the person's body including:
a strap carrying the housing and securable to the shoulder straps of a pack,
a strap carrying the housing and securable to a belt, and
a vest including shoulder straps with a sternum strap therebetween carrying the housing.
8. The lighting system of claim 7 in which the sternum strap is adjustable with respect to the shoulder straps.
9. A versatile, low profile, lightweight, compact, body mounted lighting system comprising:
a housing including spaced strap slots for mounting the housing to a person's body via a strap extending through the spaced strap slots; and
an LED module in the housing, the LED module including:
a cover pivotably mounted to the housing,
at least one LED assembly coupled to the cover and including at least one LED providing a beam,
a lens in a lens carrier movably mounted to the cover via a focus dial and configured to adjust the distance between the lens and the LED to vary the size of the beam, and
a power cord for the LED extending through the housing and into the cover and constituting a hinge between the housing and the cover.