Patent ID: 7011426
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W,F21Y,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electronic candle comprising an open ended housing body with at least one battery compartment configured for containing at least one battery therein, each of said batteries having respective positive and negative terminals on the opposite ends thereof; wherein said battery compartment is provided with conductive end plates, with said batteries being in electrical contact with one of said plates and wherein said electronic candle comprises means for causing batteries, contained in the battery compartment, to move into electrical contact with the other of said plates to complete a circuit and out of said contact to break the circuit; said candle further comprising a light source, having candle flicker emulation circuitry electrically powered by such completed circuit to provide light from the electric candle, one of said end plates is between said light source and said battery so that said light source is physically separated from said battery.