Patent ID: 7293893
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: F21L,F21V,F21Y,H05B

Abstract:
1. A flashlight comprising: a first lamp having a first output wavelength; a second lamp having a different second output wavelength; a power storage element; a first switch having a first condition in which the first lamp is in an enabled state, and a second condition in which the second lamp is in an enabled state; a second switch operable to illuminate any lamp that is in an enabled state; wherein the second switch has an off position, an intermediate position, and a fully actuated position, and wherein the first switch operates to limit illumination to only one of the lamps when the second switch is in the intermediate position; and wherein the first lamp operates with at least two different brightness levels, and wherein when the first lamp is enabled by the first switch and the second switch is in the intermediate position, the first lamp operates at a dimmed brightness level, and wherein when the first lamp is enabled by the first switch and the second switch is in the fully actuated position, the first lamp operates at a brighter brightness level.