Prototype wide angle mobility light (WAML)

Flashlight

Accession Number: 2007.33.20

Description: Pine box assembled, butt joints secured with glue and screws, screwheads are countersunk; 1/2" plywood base and lid; hinged hid with padlock hasp closure; steel handle with black rubber grip bolted to lid; round hole in center of lid allows access to single pole electrical switch bracketed into mortise in plywood brace across top of box; 12 volt auto headlamp wired through switch to battery compartment formed by three steel L-brackets and roughly trimmed sections of black and green rubber mats; no battery; stenciled on top and two sides, "AULT".

Height: 10

Width: 8.5

Depth: 8.5

Collection: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives

History/Provenance: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives

Credit Line: Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Subjects: Assistive technology Orientation & Mobility Prototypes

Dimension Notes: overall

Material: Wood, steel, glass, rubber

Updated: 08/15/2018