Patent ID: 11876240
Assignee: nan
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A portable battery pack, comprising:
a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being movable between an engaged configuration in which the first portion engages the second portion, and a removed configuration in which the first portion is removed from the second portion;
an electric outlet accessible from outside the first and second portions;
at least one battery tube defined in the second portion, the battery tube being configured to hold a plurality of batteries so that a first pole of the plurality of batteries is electrically connected to the electric outlet;
a contact member carried by the first portion and being configured so that when the first portion is in the engaged configuration the contact member is electrically engaged with a second pole of plurality of batteries;
a first switch member disposed in the first portion and electrically communicating with the contact member;
a second switch member disposed in the second portion and electrically communicating with the electric outlet;
wherein when the first and second portions are in the engaged configuration, the first portion is movable between a first position and a second position, the first switch member being spaced from the second switch member in the first position, the first switch member being in contact with the second switch member in the second position, and wherein the first portion is biased toward the first position; and
wherein in the second position the batteries are electrically connected to the electric outlet so that the electric outlet is energized.