Patent ID: 6039456
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: F21L,F21V

Abstract:
A flashlight comprising:a housing having a first end and a second end, said housing including a first end wall at said first end of said housing, said first end wall including an aperture, a second end wall at said second end of said housing, a bottom wall located between said first and second end walls, a first side wall and a second side wall, said first and second side walls being respectively located on opposite sides of said bottom wall, a chamber located between said first and second end walls adapted to receive a first battery and a second battery, a first partition located adjacent said first end wall and between said first and second side walls, a second partition located adjacent said second end wall and between said first and second side walls, said second partition being spaced apart from said first partition, said first and second partitions and said first side wall forming a first cradle adapted to receive the first battery and said first and second partitions and said second side wall forming a second cradle adapted to receive the second battery;a lamp including a first terminal and a second terminal;a lamp holder attached to said first end of said housing and located externally of said housing, said lamp holder receiving and retaining said lamp;a first electrical contact located within said first cradle adjacent said first end wall adapted to electrically engage the first battery, a second electrical contact electrically connected to said first electrical contact, said second electrical contact located between said aperture in said first end wall and said first partition, said lamp electrically engaging said second electrical contact, a third electrical contact located within said second cradle adjacent said first end wall adapted to electrically engage the second battery, said third electrical contact being in electrical communication with said second terminal of said lamp, a fourth electrical contact located in said first cradle at said second end wall adapted to electrically engage the first battery, and a fifth electrical contact located in said second cradle at said second end wall adapted to electrically engage the second battery;an electrical switch adapted to provide selective electrical communication between the first and second batteries and said lamp, said electrical switch including a first electrical conductor member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said first electrical conductor in electrical communication with said fourth electrical contact, and a second electrical conductor member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second electrical conductor member in electrical communication with said fifth electrical contact, said second end of said second electrical conductor member normally located out of electrical contact with said first electrical conductor member, said second electrical conductor member being resiliently bendable such that said second end of said second electrical conductor member may be selectively pressed into electrical contact with said first electrical conductor member; anda flexible jacket covering said electrical switch, said jacket adapted to be pressed inwardly and thereby resiliently bend said second electrical conductor member into electrical contact with said first electrical conductor member and thereby illuminate said lamp.