Abstract: A method for avoiding damage to the eyes when using high-power lasers in the eye-transmissible spectral region is provided. By adding a laser or a radiation in the visible spectral region, the intensity of the radiation is increased as a function of time in the shape of a ramp from zero to higher values which lead to a conscious or reflex-type closing of the eyelids This therefore prevents the eyes from being damaged by the subsequent high-power laser beam.

Abstract: A flashlight wand attachment including a wand member having a truncated generally conical portion and an opposing member. The attachment also includes threads for fastening the wand member to the opposing member when the wand member is disposed at one end of a wide portion or lamp housing of a handle member or flashlight, and the opposing member is disposed at an opposite end of the wide portion or lamp housing. Fastening the wand member to the opposing member in this way operably connects the wand attachment to the handle member. The present invention also includes a method of attaching a wand attachment to a flashlight.

Abstract: A hairbrush which is made from a transparent material which has a motion sensitive light embedded in it. As the hairbrush is used or carried, the light flashes on and off. Preferably the light source is a light emitting diode and the battery is a wafer battery.

Abstract: An illuminator device for a night vision apparatus, the illuminator device providing supplemental illumination of remotely located objects to be viewed through the night vision apparatus under a low light condition. The illuminator device comprises a housing, light source coupled to one end of the housing for generating a light to illuminate the remotely located objects. The illuminator device further comprises focusing lens for condensing the light generated by the light source into a concentrated light beam having a pattern of consistent brightness which enables substantially long range illumination. The focusing lens is located a given distance away from the light source in a location which is remote from the end of the housing.

Abstract: An present invention is an illuminator device designed to be coupled to the tripod mount of a night vision device which allows a user to adjust the direction of a beam of light projected by an illuminator relative to the line of sight of the night vision device. The illuminator device includes an light source and a mounting assembly. The mounting assembly is biased against the night vision device thereby maintaining the direction of a projected beam from the light source substantially parallel to the line of sight of the night vision device. The mounting assembly includes a rigid member whose longitudinal axis is maintained substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface the night vision device and a free-floating member attached to the illuminator whose position can be changed relative to the line of sight of the night vision device.

Abstract: A device for illuminating an upper surface of a portable object. The inventive device includes a housing securable to an upper surface of a remote control device. A pair of lighting members project from a front wall of the housing for illuminating the upper surface of the remote control device as desired.

Abstract: Handle apparatus includes a housing for receiving a flashlight and a hand guard secured to the housing. A leash for walking or exercising an animal may be secured to the hand guard portion. A purse or pouch may also be secured to the hand guard portion for holding keys, change, etc. The housing is grasped by a user, and the users fingers extend into the hand guard portion. An alternate embodiment includes a leg secured to the hand guard portion to define a walking cane. Another alternate embodiment comprises a double cylinder in which the top cylinder comprises a flashlight housing and the bottom cylinder may be secured to a tubular element of a bicycle, walker, wheelchair, etc.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fiber-illuminated stylet or probe useful for among other things in assisting in the performance of intubations. The styler has a handle having a light source from which extends an encased, malleable fiber-optic cable capable of transmitting light to the local area to be seen (e.g. in the vicinity of the epiglottis).

Abstract: A flashlight is disclosed having a tube with an extension, a grip wrapped about its exterior, and a light in one end of the tube including a reflector with a bulb inside, and a switch connected to the bulb and to a battery, the tube also containing an alarm being a buzzer and a switch connecting the buzzer to the battery.

Abstract: A warning and defending device includes a cylindrical body having a housing disposed in the hollow interior of the body. A light generating device is engaged in one end of the housing for generating light so as to provide a warning signal. A gas sprayer may be engaged in the cylindrical body when the housing is disengaged from the cylindrical body so as to form a defending device. A rod and other weight members may be engaged in the cylindrical body when the housing is disengaged from the cylindrical body so as to increase weight of the cylindrical body.

Abstract: A remote control illuminating and magnifying device for illuminating and magnifying the buttons of a remote control device. The inventive device includes a main body which can be positioned and secured adjacent to a remote control device. A plurality of lights are mounted relative to the main body for illuminating the keys or buttons of the remote control device. A magnifying glass is supported relative to the main body and can be adjustably positioned over a portion of the remote control to magnify the buttons thereof to allow for operation of the remote control in dim lighting conditions and by individuals with reduced visual capacity.

Abstract: The hand held, battery operated remote control with key lighting for controlling an appliance from a remote location comprises: a housing having openings through an upper wall thereof; a plurality of transparent or translucent push-buttons each extending upwardly through one of the openings; one of the push-buttons being a light actuation button; a plurality of switches each associated with one of the push-buttons; a light emitting circuit located inside the housing and including at least one light emitting element positioned in the housing at a location not under a push button, light dispersing structure for illuminating one or more of the push-buttons with light from the at least one light emitting element, and circuitry for maintaining the light emitting circuit activated for a short period of time after said one of the switches is closed by depression of the light actuation button.

Abstract: An illumination device for a household remote control comprising a resiliently flexible C-shaped support having a first end that engages the top surface of the remote control and a second end that engages the bottom surface of the remote control. A light source is supported within the C-shaped support for lighting the top surface of the remote control and is powered by a solar power cell. If the solar power cell fails, a battery provides back-up power to the light source. The C-shaped support also preferably has a window therethrough for allowing the remote signal of the remote control to pass through the window and operate the television or VCR.

Abstract: A non-lethal, graded method for deterring an assailant by using a hand-held self-defense device which includes an electrical storage battery which acts as a power source, a lamp which emits a directed beam of high-intensity white light, a lamp which emits high-intensity diffuse blue light, a siren, and a source of pressurized chemical repellent. First, an intense beam of white light is directed at the eyes of the assailant; then intermittent high-intensity diffuse blue light and high-intensity sound are simultaneously emitted. If these operations prove inadequate to deter the attack, a spray of chemical repellent is discharged at the eyes of the assailant, using the beam of white light as a guide.

Abstract: The first purpose of the invention is to provide cordless light irradiation in which a stable amount of light is emitted when irradiating, and moreover, the device can be made compact. The second purpose is to offer a cordless light irradiation device that can control the battery temperature during use to a lower temperature than in the past.Halogen lamp 1 equipped with a reflective mirror and batteries 4 are housed in handpiece 2. The device is equipped with battery case 3 that is provided with ventilation holes 5, cooling fan 6 and optical filter 7, and lamp guide 8 is provided on the terminal of handpiece 2.

Abstract: An improved lobster measuring device comprising a pair of indicator tabs formed integral with or attachable to the front end of a flashlight and projecting forward from the front end of the flashlight and spaced apart a distance equal to the minimum legal length for lobsters.

Abstract: A remote control has a housing having at least one control disposed thereon and a magnifier disposed proximate said housing, preferably at the forward end thereof. The magnifier enhances a user's ability to read printed matter such as program listings and the like. The magnifier may either be integrally formed with the housing or removably attachable thereto. A first illuminator is disposed proximate the housing and is configured so as to enhance viewing of the controls thereof. The first illuminator may either be integrally formed with the housing or removably attachable thereto. A second illuminator is disposed proximate the housing and is configured so as to enhance viewing of printed matter. The second illuminator may likewise be integrally formed with the housing or removably attachable thereto.

Abstract: A remote control holder and illumination device, for a remote control having a keypad has a base, an illumination member and a mirror housing adjustment member. The base has a guide passage therein. A fastening member is attached to the upper surface of the base to fasten the base to the remote control. The illumination member has a support frame slidingly attached to the base. A mirror housing is connected to the support frame. A convex mirror is attached to the mirror housing. The mirror may be curved in a convex or concave manner. A mirror housing adjustment member has a guide tab, connected to the support frame, that traverses the guide passage. An actuation member extends through the guide passage to allow the user to adjust the position of the mirror housing along the length of the base.

Abstract: The assembly which produces the flame is made up of a strip of conductive material, narrowed over an intermediate portion lengthwise, laminated onto a strip of combustible material such as cardboard, folded lengthwise over the strip such that the narrowed portion of the conductive strip is in a notch at one end of the combustible strip. The notched end of the combustible strip is saturated with a highly combustible material such as candle wax. Applying electrical power to the ends of the conductive strip causes the narrowed section to glow and ignite the highly combustible material and thereby the end of the combustible strip. This flame producing assembly is termed a flamestrip. The flamestrips are disposable. The flame producer includes a cassette which holds a plurality of flame strips and enables dispensing them one by one. The cassette may be adapted for attachment to a flashlight so that the power to produce the flame is drawn from the flashlight batteries.

Abstract: A candy sucker holder entertainment device in which a light flashes pulses of light onto a candy sucker users face to the beat of music or as sounds made by integrated circuit. The integrated circuit is loaded with the different sounds and a switch is operated to activate the integrated circuit for the different sounds. The device is used mainly by children for amusement during eating a candy sucker.

Abstract: Disclosed is a knife with lighting fixture which mainly consists of a pair of cases, a pivotally turnable knife, and a pivotally turnable supporting plate. The supporting plate has a cell, a bulb, and a push button supported thereon. The push button is slightly projected from one of the case so that a depression of it may lighten the bulb to shine toward the knife for convenient use in a dark place. The supporting plate may be easily turned out of the cases for mounting a new cell and/or a new bulb when necessary.

Abstract: A trimming knife is disclosed having an elongate body which is tapered from a rounded wider end to a narrower end and which has an end face. A coiled tape measure is housed within the rounded wider end of the elongate body, which has an end portion extendable from a slot formed in the end face. A flashlight is housed in the elongate body and arranged to show from the end face and illuminate the tape measure when the tape measure is extended from the slot. Finally, a blade, or a socket for mounting said blade, is provided in the end face so that a cutting edge of the blade extends alongside and at the level of the tape measure when the tape measure is extended from the slot.

Abstract: An ambient air cooled high intensity light emitting instrument in which the lamp is contained in a heat sink mounted within the housing. The housing contains a plurality of vent holes which circumscribe the heat sink. As heat from the light is conducted along the heat sink when the instrument is in use, the heat emanates into the chamber surrounding the heat sink, and rises through the vent holes to the surrounding atmosphere, generating a thermal current which replaces the departing hot air with cooler air from the atmosphere.

Abstract: A combination pocket device is provided that includes upper and lower body portions for holding a knife blade that pivots between a closed position where it is substantially sandwiched between the body portions, and an extended position where it extends co-linear with the body portions in a locked state. A small light is incorporated into the end of the upper body portion for allowing the device to illuminate any surface. Two linked key rings are also attached to the end of the body portions to allow a person to attach their personal keys to the device.

Abstract: A light shroud for a highway sign comprising a hand held sign having a panel with an indicia display thereon. A handle extends downwardly from a bottom edge of the panel. A person can grip the handle and hold up the panel to display the indicia thereon. An easy removable structure is attachable about the perimeter of the panel for illuminating the indicia upon the panel.

Abstract: A portable, durable and rugged hand-held lighting device particularly useful as a safety flare or illumination device is described. This device utilizes a rare gas containing illumination source (e.g. a glass tube containing the rare gas) and is particularly useful in projecting light during darkness or in fog. The light source may be any of the conventional rare gas materials but neon is preferred. A fluorescent material coating the inside of the glass tube may be used enhance the output of the light from other rare gasses. The power supply for this unit may be replaceable or rechargeable batteries or the device may be connected to a permanent DC or AC power supply to enhance the life thereof. A transformer is used to increase the electrical power supply from the power supply to the glass tube and is required in order to get the high intensity light output afforded by the use of rare gas illuminating devices.

Abstract: A hand-held compact diagnostic device is provided with a pair of instrument heads each requiring an independent source of illumination. The instrument heads may be rotated into a fully extended position and once therein, may be smoothly turned through 360 degrees in consecutive ninety degree intervals to accommodate any preferred orientation desired by the user. Each instrument head is biased in the fully extended position and a rotated closed position. Each instrument head is also adjustably biased to an aligned position for proper closure by the interaction of an adjustment collar with a pair of ball detents. The adjustment collar further biases each head in three additional positions at ninety degree intervals for use when fully extended. A pair of central terminals maintain continuous contact between each rotatable head of the device while a pair of radial terminals are in electrical contact only when the instrument head is in a fully extended position.

Abstract: A lighting assembly for use in a cigaret lighter shell. The lighting assembly comprises an insulative case for housing a power supply, such as batteries, and conductors for establishing an electrical circuit that includes the batteries, the conductors, and a light bulb and that does not rely on conductivity of the shell. An adjustable reflector and lens may be provided to focus and direct the beam generated by the bulb. One conductor is moved into contact with another of the conductors in response to opening of the lid of the shell to close the electrical circuit to turn the flashlight on. One of the conductors is moved out of contact with another in response to closing of the lid to turn the flashlight off. One of the conductors is positioned for preventing its contact with another conductor when the lighting assembly is removed from the shell so that it is turned off.

Abstract: A light twirler wand including a central portion held in the hand and furthermore containing batteries, motors, switches and an electrical power transfer device; and a series of rotating lighted arms at one or both ends of the central portion. Lights affixed to the arms may be positioned at the tips or a plurality of lights may be dispersed throughout the arm to produce a desirable lighting effect.

Abstract: A portable, lightweight, dual-lighted clamp having two jaws for gripping a variety of objects and a pair of battery-operated flashlights assemblies integrally built into the handles, with the light bulbs and transparent illuminating areas located at each of the jaws. The spring clamp may be conveniently attached to many hard-to-reach places. The flashlights each have a switch actuator for allowing the user to easily operate each flashlight.

Abstract: The portable photocuring device has a light emission diodes matrix which can be energized with battery power to provide optical power for photocuring curing purposes. The diodes can be easily controlled and adjusted to emit light of selected colors and intensity with complex instrumentation.

Abstract: A location marker includes a casing, a switch assembly and a lens enclosing a flashable strobe lamp. The location marker is powered by batteries and an electronic circuit that converts the battery voltage to a trigger voltage for illumination of the strobe lamp. The switch assembly is non-intrusive and maintains water tight integrity inside the casing. The switch assembly futher includes a magnetically operable switch for selectively connecting and disconnecting two pairs of terminals. An R.F. transmitting location marker is also employed using a transmitter circuit and an antenna.

Abstract: A protective cover for a remote control unit, having pressure responsive buttons thereon and a signal generator on one end, has a resilient housing having a housing bottom wall, two upstanding housing side walls connected to the housing bottom wall and a housing top wall connected to the housing side walls. The housing top wall has a first access viewing port and a switch port therein. There is a first closing flap, having an integral hinged connection to one end of the housing top wall, that selectively forms a first housing end wall having a first signal projection port therein. There is a second closing flap, having an integral hinged connection to another end of the housing top wall, that selectively forms a second housing end wall. A protective enclosure is removably placed within the resilient housing and has an enclosure bottom wall, two upstanding enclosure side walls connected to the enclosure bottom wall and an enclosure top wall connected to the enclosure side walls.

Abstract: A flashlight wand attachment including a wand member having a truncated generally conical portion and an opposing member. The attachment also includes threads for fastening the wand member to the opposing member when the wand member is disposed at one end of a wide portion or lamp housing of a handle member or flashlight, and the opposing member is disposed at an opposite end of the wide portion or lamp housing. Fastening the wand member to the opposing member in this way operably connects the wand attachment to the handle member. The present invention also includes a method of attaching a wand attachment to a flashlight.

Abstract: A telescopic shaft magnetic retriever includes a telescopic shaft having a battery holder at the tip thereof to hold an insulative socket and a battery, a lamp holder fastened to the battery holder to hold a lamp, and a transparent tube fastened to the lamp holder to hold a magnet for retrieving screws, nuts, tools and other steel parts from inaccessible places, and a control rod received inside the telescopic shaft, a spring mounted inside the lamp holder and stopped against the battery at one side, a control rod received inside the telescopic shaft and stopped against the battery at an opposite side, and wherein the battery is electrically connected to the lamp bulb causing it to give light when the telescopic shaft is extended out; the battery is electrically disconnected from the lamp bulb causing it turned off when the telescopic shaft is collapsed.

Abstract: A new and improved visual magnification apparatus for a syringe includes a base portion, a lens support portion attached to the base portion, and a magnifying lens attached to the lens support portion, wherein a syringe can be placed on the base portion and magnified by the magnifying lens. The base portion may include an internally concave cross-sectional contour that has a bottommost valley portion, such that a generally cylindrically-shaped syringe tends to rest in the valley portion under the influence of gravity. The base portion includes an ampule-supporting portion. The base portion also includes a slot portion capable of supporting a top portion of a syringe placed on the base portion. The base portion, the lens support portion, and the slot portion are in the form of a unified, integrated structure. The lens support portion may include an extension portion capable of retaining an ampule on the ampule-supporting portion of the base portion.

Abstract: A hand-held protective dispenser with a source of illumination includes a head portion formed on one end of a handle segment generally perpendicular thereto. The other end of the handle is openable and formed to receive a canister of self-defense spray and a battery pack to supply power to the source of illumination. The source of illumination is positioned on one side of the head portion while an articulating switch is provided on the other. The switch activates the source of illumination while either preventing or allowing access to a spray canister contained within the dispenser.

Abstract: First and second rigid handles pivotally mounted on a first side of a pivot axle are integral with respective first and second jaw rods. The first and second jaw rods include respective first and second resilient legs mounted exteriorly of the jaw rods in a diametrically opposed relationship relative to one another for engaging an interior surface of a broken bulb base. A lock flange is arranged to be received through a slot within the second leg, with the flange pivotally mounted to the first leg to secure the legs and the jaw rods in a predetermined spaced relationship relative to one another engaging the interior surface of the bulb base.

Abstract: A lighting assembly for use in a cigaret lighter shell is disclosed. The lighting assembly comprises an insulative case for housing a power supply, such as batteries, and conductors for establishing an electrical circuit that includes the batteries, the conductors, a light bulb, and the cigaret lighter shell. A reflector and lens may be provided to focus and direct the beam generated by the bulb. A resilient portion of one of the conductors is biased against a wall of the cigaret lighter shell to close the electrical circuit. An insulative tip is provided on an end of the conductor and may be manually manipulated to remove the conductor from contact with the shell wall to open the electrical circuit and place the flashlight in an unlocked off position. A groove may be provided in the case to receive the tip and maintain an open circuit to place the flashlight in a locked off position.

Abstract: A fishing pole where the outermost section of the fishing pole is capable of being illuminated. The illumination of the outermost section is to be selectable by the user to not be illuminated, be illuminated continuously or to be illuminated only when the outermost section of the rod of the fishing pole is jerked which occurs when a fish is attempting to take the bait which is connected at the outer end of the fishing line.

Abstract: An illumination device for use in surgery on the human body has a optical fiber which terminates distally in a bullet-shaped tip. The tip has an exterior surface which is a surface of revolution of a predetermined curve about the longitudinal axis of the tip, the predetermined curve having a first proximal segment, a second intermediate segment, and a third distal segment. The first segment has tangents substantially all of which make less than a first predetermined angle with the longitudinal axis. The second segment has tangents substantially all of which make angles with the longitudinal axis which are greater than the first predetermined angle and less than a second predetermined angle. The third segment has tangents substantially all of which make angles with the longitudinal axis which are greater than the second predetermined angle. A method of manufacturing the tip is disclosed as well.

Abstract: A child's motivational toothbrush of unitary construction such that no part, of the toothbrush can be nondestructively detached so as to endanger a child. The toothbrush has as a part of its handle construction a three dimensional figure which has a cavity in which an electronic package is sealed, and from which an electronic activation switch is accessible to a user. When the activation switch is pressed the electronic package cycles through a program that produces sounds and electrical impulses that activate lights that blink on and off in a programmed sequence. The intersection between the handle and the toothbrush is provided with and aid for the clean and destructive detachment of the brush end from the handle end so that the brush end can be discarded and the handle end saved.

Abstract: An illuminating device for archery aiming scopes uses a focused, concentrated light beam to illuminate both the aiming mark and level of the scope. The preferred light source is a high brightness, focused light emitting diode which is mounted so as to project a narrow beam of light down onto the aiming mark from a position above and outside the field of view of the scope. Illumination of the level is achieved by means of multiple reflections of the light beam between the lens and the level, with the result that the bubble of the level brightens when the bow is in the desired vertical orientation. The light source is powered by a battery pack which includes an on-off switch and brightness adjusting variable resistance.

Abstract: A laser pointer is disclosed consisted of a laser module, a housing, a toggle switch, a push button, a constant power output control circuit, a ballpoint pen, a battery set, and a rotary cap, wherein the housing has chambers to hold the laser module, the battery set, and the push button ballpoint pen, and a clip for hanging; the toggle switch has a press rod controlled by a button to press a leaf spring on a PC board so as to electrically connect the battery set to the laser module in driving the laser module to emit a laser beam for pointing to things.

Abstract: A utility light apparatus comprising a body having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. A light is secured to the distal end portion, the light being operable to emit a light beam. A holder, which may include a fishing rod holder, is secured to a boat or other object, the holder having a receptacle. The proximal end portion of the body has a connecting portion of sufficient size to permit the connecting portion to be received and releasably held in the receptacle.

Abstract: A portable, compact, battery-operated light apparatus for use with a compact computer game having a LCD video screen for enhancing the visibility of the LCD screen in use, which light apparatus comprises a body with a battery compartment and having side panels which define an open viewing space and lights provided in the body element to provide for indirect lighting of the viewing space, the light apparatus comprising a portable, compact, battery-powered light apparatus and which includes ridges on the light apparatus which snap in a releasable manner onto the grooves in a compact computer game video system to releasably secure the light apparatus in position over the LCD video screen of the compact game system.

Abstract: A compact, portable combined light and magnifier apparatus and method for use with portable computer, such as a portable, hand-held video game, having a video screen, such apparatus comprises a body composed of a plurality of panels which define an open space generally the size of the video screen and a battery compartment to supply power and lighting means within the body to provide indirect lighting to the video screen, the body and the battery compartment containing ridges which provide for the body to be releasably secured to the computer with the video screen. The apparatus includes a cover to fit over the open viewing space of the body and pivotable between a closed, compact position adjacent the face side of the body and an open, use position extending generally perpendicularly outwardly from the face side of the body.

Abstract: A toy flashlight formed in a configuration including a strobe module. The flashlight includes a handle housing and a releasably mounted transparent enclosure with the strobe module enclosed therebetween. The strobe module is provided to switch a light source between ON state and an OFF state to create a rapidly blinking light. Further, a strobing circuit is provided to control the switching mechanism of the strobe module. In this manner, the strobe module with strobing circuit can be inserted into a conventional flashlight to enhance its play value.

Abstract: The apparatus for bleaching hair has a light comb with a comb back, a plurality of comb teeth extending from the comb back, a device for guiding light from a light source through the comb back into the comb teeth, and a device for radiating the light from the comb teeth and parallel to the comb back, this radiating device receiving the light from the light guiding device.

Abstract: A portable lighted microphone formed in a configuration which outputs light, sound and color simultaneously. The lighted microphone includes a hand-held housing having a microphone assembly for detecting an external voice sound. A speaker assembly is positioned in the housing and is coupled to the microphone for outputting the external voice sound. A light source is mounted in the housing and is coupled to the microphone for emitting a beam of light. A modulating circuit within the housing is coupled to the microphone and the light source for modulating the beam of light in time sequence with the voice sound received by the microphone.