Abstract: A portable flashlight includes a low-profile housing, and disposed within the housing a special lens, a power source, and a light source. The light source has a shoulder portion, and a lamp portion with a filament a controlled distance from the shoulder. A socket disposed inside the housing a controlled distance from the lens is sized to receive the shoulder portion of the light source. The socket inside end receives the light source, electrically connecting the light source to the power source. Tight control of the focal length provides a collimated beam of light from a low-profile housing. A preferred embodiment also includes a handle formed to the housing with a multi-position detent, operative as a carrying handle or as a support stand. A preferred embodiment further includes a housing having two halves that are releasably attached to each other by a camming mechanism, to provide easy access inside the housing.

Abstract: A flashlight comprising an elongate housing having front and back ends. Disposed within the housing is a power source, while disposed within the front end of the housing is a light source which is electrically connected to the power source. Pivotally connected to the housing is a stand member which is movable between a collapsed position and a deployed position. The stand member is operable to support the housing at a desired angle relative to a generally planar surface when moved to the deployed position and rested upon the surface.

Abstract: A variable adjustable wrench adapted to tighten or loosen nuts and bolts in somewhat inaccessible locations, has a head which is rotatable with respect to the handle such that the angular relationship between the head and handle is variable. A retaining means holds the head in a fixed angular relationship to the handle during the application of a force to a nut or bolt and permits the angular relationship to change while a force is not applied such that a virtually inaccessible nut or bolt can be tightened or loosened by wiggling the handle of the wrench. Means are provided to return the head to the original position after the head has reached its limit of angular travel.

Abstract: A device is described for facilitating repeated cuts with a portable hand-held power saw. The device employs relatively slideable guides for guiding the saw through a cutting path. The saw is attached to one of the sliding guides in a manner such that the saw shoe lies very close to the work-piece surface and is offset from the relatively slideable guide, thereby avoiding substantial reduction in the depth of available cut of the saw.