Patent ID: 6517215
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: F21L,F21V,F21Y,H01M,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
A flashlight comprising:a) a battery containing portion having a front end, a substantially closed back end, and a substantially triangular transverse cross sectional configuration including at least one corner forming within the battery containing portion a battery chamber; b) a substantially cylindrical light source containing portion being in alignment with said battery chamber in the battery containing portion and extending from the front end of the battery containing portion, said light source containing portion having a transverse cross-sectional dimension which is smaller than that of the substantially triangular transverse cross-sectional configuration of the battery containing portion and is off set from one side of the battery containing portion so as to form a transverse surface at the front end of the battery containing portion which extends from said one side of the battery containing portion to the light source containing portion, said light source containing portion being adapted to contain means for generating light when connected across a battery contained in said battery chamber; and c) a cap threaded onto the end of the light source containing portion, said cap when thread onto the light source containing portion being adapted to move the light generating means into an electrical circuit with the batteries so as to turn on the light generating means and when threaded in the opposite direction to allow the light generating means to disconnect from the batteries to turn off the light generating means and thereby turn the flashlight on and off.