Patent ID: 7229187
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: F21L,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. An illumination device comprising: a housing having a battery housing component and a lamp housing component, the battery housing component having threads on one end, further including an inner lumen capable of receiving and containing one or more batteries, and an electrically conductive pathway from the batteries to the lamp housing component; the lamp housing component having a threaded end and a light emitting end, and further comprising a. one or more open ended lumens; b. interior features; c. a gasket adapted to the interior features, the gasket having a base that contacts the inner diameter of the lamp housing component, and further comprising one or more protrusions having through holes, the outer surface of the protrusions in contact with the inner surface of the open ended lumens in the lamp housing component; d. one or more light sources, the light sources positioned through the gasket protrusions and through the open ended lumens; e. a circuit board, the circuit board in electrical communication with the light sources and the batteries; and f. a main connector shaft, the shaft positioned axially through the gasket and circuit board capable of securing and holding the lamp housing components; wherein the degree of attachment between the battery housing and the lamp housing through the threaded ends closes or opens the electrical pathway between the light sources and the batteries.