Patent ID: 6679616
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: F21L,F21V

Abstract:
A flashlight comprising:a casing having an inner bore; a wall at a first end of the casing having an opening formed therein; a lamp within the bore of the casing at the first end thereof and extending out of the opening in the wall at the first end; a flexible, resilient closure at a second end of the casing; a battery in the casing bore adjacent the flexible, resilient closure; and a compressible, resilient spacer between the lamp and the battery, said spacer having a channel therethrough, and said spacer having openings at each end thereof and communicating with said channel, the opening at one end of said spacer provided for securing to the approximate end of the battery, the opening at the opposite end of the spacer provided for resiliently grasping the back end of the lamp, said first and second openings of the spacer communicating through said channel therebetween, whereby upon external pressure applied upon the closure at the end of the casing urges the battery against the spacer so as to compress and collapse said spacer creating an electrical contact between the battery and the lamp to energize the lamp for illumination; and an electrical contact wire contiguous internally of the spacer and located between the lamp and the battery so as to provide electrical contact therebetween.