Flashlight armband

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT In its preferred form, the invention is basically fabricated from a single tough, relatively wide elastic strap 10.
This strap has a slotted ring 12 stitched into itself to define one end of a strap loop 14, the other end of which passes through the ring 12 and with its distal end 16, folds back on itself.
The distal end of the strap attaches back to a central portion of the strap used to define the loop 14 by means of hook-and-loop fastener material, otherwise known as Velcro.
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, indicated at 20.
Naturally, the mating faces are made respectively of hooks and loops that characterize Velcro.
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material.
The very tip of the distal end 16 is folded back on itself and sewn to define a finger grip 20 to facilitate ripping the distal end 16 of the strap free of its Velcro attachment and quickly releasing the loop 14 of the holder.
The other end of the strap which is sewn around the ring 12 continues, with a slack portion 22 puckered up to define a sleeve 24 for a flashlight 26, with the better end of the strap being sewn back to itself at 28.
The interior channel 30 formed by the sleeve 24 seats a flashlight 26 of small diameter, generally no larger than an AA-cell flashlight.
Insertion of the flashlight into the sleeve is facilitated by the v-shaped entry 32 into the sleeve channel.
Because the sleeve is dimensioned to accommodate a smaller diameter flashlight, a second sleeve of larger size could be added at another portion of the strap for a larger flashlight.
However, it is relatively simple in the event that a large flashlight need be used to insert the flashlight inside the loop 14 so that the strap straps the C-cell or D-cell flashlight to the arm.
Although a second sleeve similar to the sleeve 24 might appear somewhat more elegant, as a practical matter simply strapping the larger flashlight to the arm is more convenient.
In the event the slot-defining ring 12 is plastic or some other non-conductive material, the entire structure is non-conductive