|Publication number||US4918775 A|
|Application number||US 07/288,956|
|Publication date||Apr 24, 1990|
|Filing date||Dec 21, 1988|
|Priority date||Dec 21, 1988|
|Publication number||07288956, 288956, US 4918775 A, US 4918775A, US-A-4918775, US4918775 A, US4918775A|
|Original Assignee||Leu Ching Baiu|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (9), Referenced by (32), Classifications (12), Legal Events (2)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention pertains to a portable safety device for outdoor use. Particularly, this invention relates to a portable safety device comprising various tools.
Recently, outdoor activity is very common and always results in accidents. Thus, how to avoid or prevent such accidents from happening also becomes very important. In the usual outdoor activities, individual tools, such as a flashlight, compass, knife, fork, bottle opener, magnifying glass, telescope, whistle, etc., have to be well-prepared before departure and kept in an appropriate place in order to be accessible if needed. However, to separately keep these tools is obviously inconvenient for the user. Because the user must separately keep the tools, the location of the tools may be forgotten.
It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to overcome the foregoing and other disadvantages of a conventional tool.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a portable safety device for outdoor use, which is lightweight and simple to construct.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a portable safety device for outdoor use which is easily assembled and disassembled and may be produced at a very low cost.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a portable safety device which possesses the functions of individual tools.
These, and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable safety device in accordance with the subject of the present invention:
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a portable safety device in accordance with the subject of the present invention: and
FIG. 3 is a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a preferred embodiment of the portable safety device of the present invention is illustrated. The present device comprises a first shell (1) and a second shell (2). A cylindrical structure (3) is formed between the combination of the first and second shells in which the top portion thereof is capped with a cover (5). One end of the cylindrical structure (3) protrudes from the combination. The two shells (1, 2) are substantially symmetrical. The interior portion of the shells (1, 2) are provided with slanting grooves (11, 21), a notch (12) and a pivot (16). A fixing seat (13) is disposed on the rear end of the first shell (1) and the interior of the first shell (1) is provided with a first transverse conductive plate (15) and a second conductive plate (17). A switch (14) electrically communicates with the first transverse conductive plate (15) and the second conductive plate (17) in order to control the communication between the two plates (15, 17).
The cylindrical structure (3) is hollow which is adapted for bulbs and batteries. A bottom plate (31) seals the end of the structure (3). A peg (32) is provided at the lateral edge of the plate (31) in order to engage with the fixing seat (13) or the first and second shells (1, 2). A conductive spring (33) provided within the bottom plate (31) urges the batteries to contact closely and in communication with the conductive plate (15). The front end of the cylindrical structure (3) is provided with an opening for light section (34) and the front lateral side thereof is provided with contacting section 35 which can be contacted with a conductive plate (17). A T-shaped block (4) is provided within an enclosed rectangular space, with a protruded section (41) extending upward and a front center region of a transverse section (42) being a protrusion (43) which can be connected with one end of a spring (44). The other end of the spring (44) is inserted into a peg (22), thereby a biasing force is provided so that the T-shaped block is biased backward.
A compass (51) is provided on the top portion of the cover (5). Two engaging holes (55) are provided on the rear ends of the cover (5). A channel is provided on the cover (5) in order to engage a restoration spring (58) which engages a pivot (16). One end of the restoration spring (58) is engaged with the channel and the other end thereof is within the shell. Therefore, the front lateral side of the cover (5) is urged to spring up. The front portion of the cover (5) is provided with engaging slots (57) such that when the cover (5) is closed, engaging edges (421) of the transverse portion (42) of the T-shaped block (4) engage slots (57) to form a compact sealing. The end portion of the cover (5) is provided with a eye lens (53) and the front portion thereof is pivotally connected with an object lens (52). The lower end of the lens (52) is provided with columns (54) which are respectively slidably disposed within the grooves (11, 21) of the first and second shells (1, 2).
An axle (6) is provided at the lower lateral side of the front portion of the cylindrical structure (3). Several tools, such as a knife (61). A magnifying glass (62) and a screw driver (63), a saw (64), a fork (65), and a bottle opener (66) are pivotally connected with the axle (6) such that those tools can be rotated or kept within the shell. A whistle (7) is engaged at the bottom of the shell.
The above structure can be assembled as shown in FIG. 1. When the switch (14) is turned on, a flashlight is provided by this invention. When the T-block (4) is moved forward, the cover (5) can be sprung out as shown in FIG. 3 viewing through the eye lens (53) and the object lens (52), this invention may be used as a telescope. The knife (61), magnifying glass (62), screw driver (63), saw (64), fork (65) and bottle opener (66) can be easily rotated from the device of this invention and the whistle (7) can easily be taken out and applied. Apart from these, a ring (8) is provided in order to hook the present device to a convenient place on the user. Thus the combination of the above device permits the entire individual tool to be used conveniently.
Those skilled in the art will readily recognize that various modification of the portable safety devices of the present invention may be made. Accordingly, the embodiment illustrated and discussed hereinabove should be understood to be exemplary only in nature, and the scope of the instant invention should be limited only by that of the following claims.
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|U.S. Classification||7/168, 7/164, 7/151, 7/170, 7/158, 362/119|
|International Classification||G02B23/16, B25F1/04|
|Cooperative Classification||G02B23/16, B25F1/04|
|European Classification||B25F1/04, G02B23/16|
|Apr 24, 1994||LAPS||Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees|
|Jul 5, 1994||FP||Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee|
Effective date: 19940705