Oral examination assistance device

Claim 1

A CLIP FOR CONNECTING A FLASHLIGHT TO A TONGUE BLADE TO FORM AN ORAL EXAMINATION ASSISTANCE INSTRUMENT, SAID CLIP COMPRISING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BOX PORTION HAVING TWO GENERALLY PARALLEL SPACED SIDE PORTIONS AND A PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL END PORTIONS INTERCONNECTING SAID SIDE PORTIONS; A RETAINING PORTION ON A FIRST OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS EXTENDING ALONG THE CENTER THEREOF AND PROJECTING TOWARD THE SECOND OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS FOR FRICTIONALLY RETAINING A TONGUE BLADE BETWEEN SAID SIDE PORTIONS; A CLIP CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS FOR RECEIVING A FLASHLIGHT; AND A SPACER MEMBER POSITIONED AT THE JUNCTION OF EACH OF THE END PORTIONS WITH THE OTHER OF SAID SIDE PORTIONS, SAID SPACER MEMBERS PROJECTING TOWARD SAID ONE SIDE PORTION AND BEING SPACED APART BY A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE SPACING BETWEEN SAID END PORTIONS WHEREBY A PEDIATRIC-SIZE TONGUE BLADE MAY BE INSERTED BETWEEN THE SPACER MEMBERS AND SECURELY HELD, AND AN ADULT-SIZE TONGUE BLADE MAY BE INSERTED BETWEEN THE SPACER MEMBERS AND THE OTHER SIDE PORTION AND SECURELY HELD.