Patent ID: 7841736
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: F21L,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A flashlight comprising: a holder including a first end, a second end, an end wall and a sleeve, the end wall including an aperture, the sleeve extending between a first end and a second end and including a bottom wall, a top wall spaced apart from the bottom wall and a chamber located between the bottom wall and the top wall, the first end of the sleeve being coupled to the end wall, the second end of the sleeve including an opening in communication with the chamber, the top wall including a slot in communication with the chamber; a lamp including a bulb, a first conductor member coupled to the bulb, and an elongate resiliently flexible second conductor member coupled to the bulb, the second conductor member being spaced apart from the first conductor member, the bulb being located in the aperture of the end wall of the holder, the first conductor member located adjacent an interior surface of the bottom wall of the sleeve, and the second conductor member extending from the chamber of the sleeve into the slot in the top wall of the sleeve; one or more batteries located in the chamber of the holder, the one or more batteries having a first end located adjacent the interior surface of the bottom wall of the sleeve, the first end of the one or more batteries including a first terminal, the first conductor member of the lamp being in electrical contact with the first terminal of the one or more batteries, the one or more batteries including a second end adjacent an interior surface of the top wall of the sleeve, the second end of the one or more batteries including a second terminal, the second conductor member of the lamp normally being spaced outwardly from the second terminal of the one or more batteries in an opened condition such that the second conductor member of the lamp is not in electrical contact with the second terminal of the one or more batteries; and a housing having a first end and a second end and a peripheral side wall extending between the first end and second end of the housing, the side wall forming a chamber and an opening at the first end of the housing in communication with the chamber of the housing, the side wall including a resiliently flexible actuator member, the sleeve of the holder extending into the chamber of the housing through the opening in the first end of the housing such that the second conductor member of the lamp is associated with the actuator member of the housing, the actuator member being selectively inwardly bendable such that the actuator member resiliently bends the second conductor member of the lamp to a closed condition wherein the second conductor member is in electrical contact with the second terminal of the one or more batteries to illuminate the lamp.