Patent ID: 7465060
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. In combination with a flashlight having a housing, a battery in the housing, a light source on the housing, and a circuit between the battery and the light source and including a switch actuatable to energize the light source, a package comprising: packaging material enclosing the flashlight; an externally actuatable package switch separate from the housing switch and carried on the packaging material; wiring connected between the package switch and the circuit of the flashlight such that the package switch is actuatable to energize the light source, the wiring connecting the package switch in parallel to the housing switch; and releasable means including a jack on the housing and a plug connected to the wiring and releasably engaged in the jack for connecting the wiring to the circuit for disconnection of the wiring and package switch from the circuit on separation of the flashlight from the package.