Lighting apparatus with detachable clip mount

摘要

In a lighting apparatus comprising a light source housing is pivoted on a clip that can attach alternatively to a head strap adapter or to an adapter secured to a night vision goggle mounting plate. The clip includes a horizontal member having a bracket on the light source housing is rotatable, a pair of spaced, upwardly extending, tabs, and a vertical member extending upward from a location between the tabs. The upwardly extending tabs enter slots on the bottom of the adapter or mounting base, and a rib on the top of the adapter or mounting base is received by a snap fit in a downwardly facing slot on a horizontal part at the upper end of the vertical member of the clip.

主权项

1. A lighting apparatus comprising:
an adapter; and a unitary, resilient, clip having a bracket for rotatably supporting a light source housing; wherein the adapter is an adapter connectible to a quick-release mounting plate capable of attachment to a visual augmentation system shroud on a helmet; and wherein said clip is attachable by a snap fit to the adapter; said lighting apparatus further including a quick-release mounting plate capable of attachment to a visual augmentation system shroud on a helmet, said quick release mounting plate having upper and lower ends, and having tabs protruding upward and downward respectively from said upper and lower ends, in which at least one of said tabs is retractable for release of the mounting plate from a visual augmentation system shroud.