Patent ID: 7661818

Claim:
A clip-on light apparatus comprising: a self-contained light module including a housing containing a light source for generating light therefrom, a power source for energizing the light source, and a switch for being shifted to turn the light source “on” and “off”; a clipping mechanism for releasably securing the light module to an item for projecting light therefrom; a polyaxial coupling joint assembly between the light module and the clipping mechanism that allows the light module to be pivoted about a plurality of axes that intersect each other for directing light from the light module in a desired direction; a unitary post mounting member of the polyaxial coupling joint assembly connected between the self-contained light module and the clipping mechanism and which extends along one of the plurality of axes about which the self-contained light module is pivotal, with spacing of the self-contained light module from the clipping mechanism by the unitary post mounting member and the arrangement of the power source in the housing allowing the self-contained light module including the light source to be rotated for 360 degrees about the one axis; a ball on one end of the unitary post mounting member and the unitary post mounting member being directly secured at an opposite end of the unitary post mounting member to the self-contained light module; a pair of parallel spaced support arms of the polyaxial coupling joint assembly that are directly connected to the clipping mechanism to be fixed relative thereto, each support arm has a socket bore that extends completely therethrough so that the socket bore of each support arm is aligned along one of the plurality of axes; and the unitary post mounting member extends away from the self-contained light module to position the ball between the parallel support arms so that the ball is received in the socket bores thereof.