Patent ID: 8400109
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: F21L,H02J

Abstract:
1. A flashlight charger comprising: a bottom plate; a pressing element, which is resilient, is provided at an end of the bottom plate, has a middle section protrudingly and upwardly provided with a wedge-shaped fastener, and is bilaterally provided with contact portions, with each said contact portion having a lower end spaced apart from the bottom plate; an electrically conducting part provided at the end of the bottom plate that is provided with the pressing element, with the electrically conducting part having an end facing the wedge-shaped fastener of the pressing element and extended with a plurality of retractable charging terminals; and a top plate fixedly connected to the bottom plate to cover the electrically conducting part and the pressing element while allowing the wedge-shaped fastener and the bilaterally disposed contact portions of the pressing element to jut out of corresponding holes of the top plate, respectively, with the top plate having a predetermined section bilaterally provided with projections which extend inward; wherein the flashlight charger is applicable to a flashlight having a bottom portion concavely provided with a limiting space corresponding in shape and position to the wedge-shaped fastener of the flashlight charger, with the flashlight having a predetermined section bilaterally provided with inverted L-shaped grooves; wherein in order to charge the flashlight, the bilaterally disposed inverted L-shaped grooves of the flashlight are aligned with and inserted by the bilaterally disposed projections of the flashlight charger, respectively, and are then pushed backward to move the two projections of the flashlight charger into horizontal arms of the inverted L-shaped grooves of the flashlight, respectively, and cause the wedge-shaped fastener of the flashlight charger to enter and fasten with the limiting space at the bottom portion of the flashlight, wherein the charging terminals at one end of the flashlight charger make electrical contact with charging ends of the flashlight, respectively, while the flashlight is securely fastened with the flashlight charger; wherein in order to remove the flashlight from the flashlight charger, the bilaterally disposed contact portions of the flashlight charger are manually pressed to move downward the wedge-shaped fastener jutting out of the flashlight charger to disengage the limiting space of the flashlight from the wedge-shaped fastener, and then the flashlight is pushed forward to bring lower ends of the inverted L-shaped grooves into alignment with the projections of the flashlight charger and allow the flashlight to be removed upwardly from the flashlight charger; and wherein the limiting space at the bottom portion of the flashlight has a rear side formed with a curved guiding portion which assists the wedge-shaped fastener of the flashlight charger in entering the limiting space of the flashlight when the two projections of the flashlight chargers are moved into the horizontal arms of the bilaterally disposed inverted L-shaped grooves of the flashlight, respectively.