Patent ID: 6799862
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: F21L,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
A flashlight assembly comprising:a coin cell battery having first and second contact surfaces; a lighting element having first and second contact leads, wherein at least said first contact lead is shortened, a frame having a bottom wall and a plurality of wall structures extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said bottom wall and said wall structures cooperating to define a seat for receiving said lighting element and a cavity for receiving said coin cell battery, said plurality of wall structures including a dividing wall that separates said lighting element seat and said battery cavity, said shortened first contact lead being received and supported on said dividing wall when said lighting element is received in said seat; a cover having a top wall adapted to overlie and substantially close said cavity, said frame and said cover including mating formations that interfittingly engage to retain said frame and said cover in assembled relation; and an electrically conductive contact member received in assembled relation within said frame and said cover and overlying said dividing wall, said contact member having a first contact surface in fixed electrically conductive engagement with said shortened first contact lead whereby said shortened first contact lead is captured between said dividing wall and said first contact surface of said contact member, said contact member further having a second contact surface electrically engageable with said first contact of said battery.