Illumination – Illuminated scale or dial
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-18
2002-01-29
O'Shea, Sandra (Department: 2875)
Illumination
Illuminated scale or dial
C362S024000, C362S088000, C362S229000, C362S109000, C362S253000, C379S433020
Reexamination Certificate
active
06341871
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cell phone light and more particularly pertains to a new light mechanism for a cell phone for providing a useful light when needed by a cell phone user.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of cell phone light is known in the prior art. More specifically, cell phone light heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,618,917; U.S. Pat. No. 2,937,263; U.S. Pat. No. 2,777,940; U.S. Pat. No. 3,821,539; U.S. Pat. No. 5,408,060; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 325,029.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new light mechanism for a cell phone. The inventive device includes a light-producing member having a plug member, a bulb support member pivotally attached to an end of the plug member, a bulb member securely mounted to the bulb support member, and a switch member securely attached to the bulb support member for turning on/off the bulb member. As a second embodiment, the inventive device includes a light-producing member having a bulb member adapted to extend out of and retract in a bottom end of a cell phone, and also includes a switch for turning on/off the bulb member and also for extending the bulb member through the bottom end and for sliding a door member to allow the bulb member to extend out of the bottom end of the cell phone.
In these respects, the light mechanism for a cell phone according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing a useful light when needed by a cell phone user.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of cell phone light now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new light mechanism for a cell phone construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing a useful light when needed by a cell phone user.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new light mechanism for a cell phone which has many of the advantages of the cell phone light mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new light mechanism for a cell phone which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art cell phone light, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a light-producing member having a plug member, a bulb support member pivotally attached to an end of the plug member, a bulb member securely mounted to the bulb support member, and a switch member securely attached to the bulb support member for turning on/off the bulb member. As a second embodiment, the inventive device includes a light-producing member having a bulb member adapted to extend out of and retract in a bottom end of a cell phone, and also includes a switch for turning on/off the bulb member and also for extending the bulb member through the bottom end and for sliding a door member to allow the bulb member to extend out of the bottom end of the cell phone.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new light mechanism for a cell phone which has many of the advantages of the cell phone light mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new light mechanism for a cell phone which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art cell phone light, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new light mechanism for a cell phone which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new light mechanism for a cell phone which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new light mechanism for a cell phone which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such light mechanism for a cell phone economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new light mechanism for a cell phone which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new light mechanism for a cell phone for providing a useful light when needed by a cell phone user.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new light mechanism for a cell phone which includes a light-producing member having a plug member, a bulb support member pivotally attached to an end of the plug member, a bulb member securely mounted to the bulb support member, and a switch member securely attached to the bulb support member for turning on/off the bulb member. As a second embodiment, the inventive device includes a light-producing member having a bulb member adapted to extend out of and retract in a bottom end of a cell phone, and also includes a switch for turning on/off the bulb member and also for extending the bulb member through the bottom end and for sliding a door member to allow the bulb member to extend out of the bottom end of the cell phone.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new light mechanism for a cell phone that can be easily and quickly plugged into the battery jack of a cell phone.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new light m
O'Shea Sandra
Zeade Bertrand
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