Patent ID: 8360597

Claim:
A light mounting apparatus comprising a body having a seating portion and a strap receiving portion; a bracket assembly including a pair of opposable brackets, each bracket having a first aperture, a second aperture and a third aperture, a holding structure positioned through the first apertures of the brackets, and adapted to secure a light source, and an adjustment structure through the second apertures of the brackets including at least a first position whereby the brackets are drawn towards one another, and a second position whereby the brackets are further separated from one another; and a bracket assembly mounting structure attached to the body including a ball portion, wherein the third apertures of the brackets are positioned proximate the ball portion of the bracket assembly mounting structure, wherein, in the second position, the orientation of the brackets are movable relative to the ball portion and the orientation of the holding structure is movable relative to the brackets, and in the first position the orientation of the brackets are fixed relative to the ball portion and the orientation of the holding structure is fixed relative to the brackets.