Patent ID: 9651208
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: F21L,H02J

Claim:
1. A portable light comprising: a light housing having a barrel, a forward housing and a cavity for receiving a battery; a light source in a head housing of the forward housing of the light housing for providing illumination; an electrical switch actuatable from outside said light housing; a control circuit in said light housing configured to connect said light source in circuit with the battery for selectively energizing said light source responsive to said electrical switch; a first electrical charging port on said forward housing coupled to the battery by said control circuit for charging the battery, said first electrical charging port including a guide member for seating said light housing in a charging device external to said portable light and configured to receive said portable light, said first electrical charging port further including one or more electrical contacts associated with said guide member configured to make electrical connection to the external charging device to receive battery charging current therefrom when said portable light is received therein; a second electrical charging port proximate a forward end of the barrel of said light housing coupled to the battery by said control circuit for charging the battery, said second electrical charging port including a USB port including a USB connector mounted to a circuit board interior to said light housing for receiving battery charging current from a second source of electrical power that is external to said portable light, wherein said control circuit includes at least one DC converter for coupling at least one of said first electrical charging port and said second electrical charging port to the battery for providing battery charging current thereto; and a movable cover movable in a recess on a forward part of said light housing to cover said second electrical charging port and to uncover said second electrical charging port.