Patent ID: 6109761
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: F21L

Abstract:
A new and improved bean bag flashlight facilitating the reading of a held document by placing a flashlight on the shoulder of a reader comprising, in combination:a cylindrical interior container having a cylindrical side wall of a first diameter terminating in a circular interior face and an open exterior face forming a chamber therein and a battery positioned within the chamber;a threaded closure for the interior container with a central aperture receiving a lightbulb and with a parabolic reflector surrounding the lightbulb and a transparent covering thereover;an exterior container surrounding the primary container and a threaded portion of the closure, the exterior container being flexible and of a size greater than that of the interior container; anda quantity of beans exterior-like particle located in the space between the interior container and the exterior container adapted to allow the exterior container to conform to the shoulder of a user when placed thereon during activation of the lightbulb and illumination of a document to be read.