US 12,257,114 B1
Vacuum light apparatus
Mark Manniso, Newark, DE (US); James Manniso, Newark, DE (US); and James B Eldon, Barto, PA (US)
Assigned to Forte Creates, LLC, Newark, DE (US)
Filed by Mark Manniso, Newark, DE (US); and James B Eldon, Barto, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/416,025.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/456,690, filed on Apr. 3, 2023.
Int. Cl. A61C 17/06 (2006.01); A61C 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 17/084 (2019.05) [A61C 17/08 (2019.05); A61C 2204/002 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vacuum light apparatus comprising:
a) a body having a body conduit extending from a coupler end to a suction end of the body conduit;
wherein the body comprises a power connector;
b) light emitting diode configured within the body and configured to produce light;
c) a light pipe extending from the suction end of the body and configured to project said light from the light emitting diode to a projection end of the light pipe, said light pipe consisting of
i) a light pipe conduit extending from the projection end of the light pipe to a body end of the light pipe, said body end proximal to the light emitting diode to receive said light from the light emitting diode;
ii) a light transfer protrusion extending along the light pipe conduit from said projection end to said body end;
wherein the light pipe is detachably attachable from the said body;
wherein the light pipe forms said light pipe conduit that enables a flow of fluid to flow through the light pipe conduit;
wherein the light transfer protrusion is an integral part of the light pipe conduit, and wherein the light transfer protrusion is formed by a thickening of a wall of the light pipe conduit, such that a wall thickness of the light pipe conduit along the light transfer protrusion is greater than a wall thickness of the light pipe conduit opposite the light transfer protrusion;
wherein the light transfer protrusion forms a portion of an interior wall of the light pipe conduit;
wherein the light transfer protrusion has an exterior wall forming a portion of the interior wall of the light pipe conduit; and
wherein the light transfer protrusion extends inward into a cross sectional area of the light pipe conduit;
d) a light switch configured on said body to turn the light emitting diode on and off; wherein the light switch is operable to change an intensity of light from said light emitting diode;
e) a vacuum valve configured to open and close the body conduit; and
f) a vacuum valve lever coupled with the vacuum valve and configured to open and close the vacuum valve;
g) a vacuum hose; and
h) a power cable configured to detachably attach to the body to provide power to the light emitting diode;
wherein the power cable comprises a power cable connector configured to couple with said power connector of the body;
wherein said vacuum hose is coupled to the coupler end of the body to produce vacuum in the body conduit and at the suction end of the body; and wherein with the vacuum valve open, air flows through the light pipe conduit to the suction end of the body conduit and through the body conduit to the coupler end of the body conduit.