Patent ID: 6722771
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: F21L,F21V,F21Y,Y10S

Abstract:
A hand held light for use in traffic control comprising:a housing having an elongated handle portion grippable by a user and a head portion at one end of said handle portion extending transversely to said handle portion; an array of light sources formed by a plurality of individual light sources all arranged facing a front side of said head portion, a first set of said light sources emitting red light when energized and a second set of said light sources emitting green colored light when energized, a hood surrounding said front side of said head portion to direct light from said light sources to the front of said head portion; a power supply for selectively energizing either said red or green light emitting light sources; and a trigger switch mounted to said handle portion to be sgueezably operated by a finger of an operator gripping the handle, said trigger switch when squeezed causing only one of said red or green light emitting light sources to be selectively energized by said power supply, and when released causing the other of said red or green light sources to be energized by said power supply and said one of said red or green light emitting sources to be deenergized, whereby only a red or a green light source is selectively energized by squeezing of said trigger switch.