Patent ID: 8317355

Claim:
A method of operating a portable light source, comprising the steps of: providing a housing having an upper half section with an upper exposed surface and a lower surface, and a lower half section with a bottom exposed surface and an upper surface, the lower surface of the upper half section having a front portion with a generally planar surface with raised members, and the upper surface of the lower half section having a front portion with a generally planar surface with raised members; pivoting a rear portion of the upper half section to a rear portion of the lower half section; biasing the housing into a closed position with a spring wherein the front portions of both the upper half section and the lower half section abut one another to form a clip; expanding the front portions of the upper half section from the lower half section by squeezing the rear portions of the upper half section and the lower half section together; recharging a battery inside the housing by a solar cell mounted in the upper exposed surface of the housing; mounting a light source to a pivotable base in the lower half section; powering the light source on the bottom of the housing from the battery; emitting light from the light source below the housing; aiming the emitted light along different arc directions by rotating a rotatable wheel with serrated edges mounted in a rectangular opening in the bottom exposed surface of the lower half section, the rotatable wheel attached to the lower half section by a pivot rod axis inside the lower half section, the pivot rod axis being attached to the pivotable base of the light source, the wheel having an upper portion which remains above the bottom exposed surface of the lower half section, and a lower portion which remains exposed out of the rectangular opening and beneath the bottom exposed surface of the lower half section, wherein rotating the wheel by exposed portions of the serrated edges of the wheel rotates the light source to aim the light source along different arc directions downward from the bottom exposed surface of the lower half section of the housing; clipping the housing about a support structure that is positioned between the front portions of the upper half section and the lower half section.