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Inventors: McCalla, Gavin; Lutz, William R.;
Assignee: McCalla Company d/b/a Ovation Group (Alpharetta, GA)
Primary Examiner: Husar; Stephen
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.
A lighted handle including a handle member, which has a distal end adapted to complementarily engage a desired tool and which defines a bore longitudinally extending along at least a portion of its length, and a light module, or flashlight. The light module has a light source capable of producing a beam of light and the light module is of a size to be complementarily received within the bore of the handle member so that the light source illuminates the tool attached to the distal end of the handle member. The light module is detachably secured within the bore of the handle member, such as by complementarily threaded surfaces, so that the light module is insertable into the bore and removable therefrom. Thus, the light module can be either used to illuminate the tool when disposed within the bore of the handle member or used independently as a conventional light module. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is more particularly described in the following examples that are intended as illustrative only since numerous modifications and variations therein will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
As used in the specification and in the claims, "a" can mean one or more, depending upon the context in which it is used.
The preferred embodiment is now described with reference to the figures, in which like numbers indicate like parts throughout the figures.
Referring generally to FIGS.
1-7, the present invention encompasses a lighted handle 10 comprising a handle member 20 and a means for illuminating a portion of the handle member 20.
The handle member 20 has a distal end 22, a proximal end 24, a longitudinal axis, and a length extending between the proximal and distal ends 22, 24.
The handle member 20 also defines a bore 26 longitudinally extending along at least a portion of the length between the proximal and distal ends 22, 24, in which the bore 26 has a first end 28 and an opposite second end 29.
The second end 29 is located adjacent the proximal end 24 of the handle member 20.
The bore 26 also forms an interior surface 30 of the handle member 20.
A portion of the handle member 20 is optically conductive between the first end 28 of the bore 26 and the distal end 22 so that light can traverse therethrough In the preferred embodiment, the handle member 20 is a monolithic member that is formed of a clear material, such as a hardened plastic or other similar polymer.
Thus, light traverses through the clear plastic that forms the optically conductive portion 32 of the handle member 20.
As shown best in FIG.
6, the bore 26 can also include a dome 34 molded into its first end 28 that enhances the propagation of light toward the distal end 22 of the handle member 20.
Other materials, such as fiber optics, can be used within the handle member 20 to direct better light through the optically conductive portion 32 of the handle member 20.
A portion of the distal end 22 of the handle member 20 is adapted to complementarily engage one of a plurality of desired tools (not shown), including for example, a screwdriver shaft, socket wrench, and the like
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