Patent ID: 6523973
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: F21L,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
A housing for a flashlight assembly comprising:a base having a bottom wall and a outer sidewall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said bottom wall and said sidewall defining an open cavity; and a flexible cover having a top wall adapted to overlie and substantially close said open cavity, said flexible cover including mating formations, said mating formations interfittingly engaging within said open cavity of said base to retain said base and said flexible cover in assembled relation, said mating formations further including inwardly facing surfaces that cooperate to define an interior cavity within said open cavity for receiving a coin cell battery therein, said mating formations further being configured to interfittingly engage said battery to retain said battery in a stationary position within said open cavity when received therein, said top wall of said cover being sufficiently resilient to be depressed by a user between an outer relaxed configuration to an inner flexed configuration.