Patent ID: 6986590

Claim:
An articulated illumination device comprising: a holding sleeve having an internal storage compartment; an illumination means insertably received in said storage compartment; attachment means cooperatively carried on said illumination means and said holding sleeve for releasably attaching said illumination means to said holding sleeve; said illumination means includes an elongated body having a light source; a support body carrying a portion of said releasable attachment means; a universal joint coupling said elongated body with the support body; said universal joint includes a ball carried by said elongated body and a socket carried on said support body rotatably mounting said ball therein; said elongated body includes a shank terminating in securement with said ball holding said ball in fixed spaced-apart relationship with respect to said elongated body; said support body having a central longitudinal axis and further having a slot for receiving said shank to permit said illumination means to be deployed normal to said central longitudinal axis; and said attachment means is magnetic with a first element of attraction disposed on said elongated body and a second element of attraction disposed on said support body.