Patent ID: 6913370
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: F21L,F21V,H01R

Abstract:
1. A flashlight comprising a handle and a head pivotally mounted on said handle, means for mounting a bulb within the head, said handle adapted to receive a battery, circuit means to adapt to create an electrical circuit between a battery in said handle and a bulb whereby the bulb can be turned on and off, said handle having a pair of spaced upstanding ears, said head having opposed sides and being pivotally mounted between said upstanding ears, openings in said ears and in said opposed sides of said head, pivot means mounted in said openings in said head and said ears whereby said head can pivot relative to said upstanding ears and to said handle, said circuit means including electrical head contact means on said head and electrical ear contact means on said ears, said head electrical contact means and said ear electrical contact means being in electrical circuit with each other, said ear electrical contact means and said head electrical contact means being adjacent to the openings in said ears and said head respectively, said head electrical contact means comprise connecting head contacts mounted at the openings in said head, said ear electrical contact means comprise elongated ear contacts mounted at said ears, said connecting head contacts comprise a positive connecting contact in circuit with the positive side of a bulb and a negative connecting contact in circuit with the negative side of a bulb and wherein said elongated ear contacts comprise a positive elongated ear contact in circuit with the positive terminal of a battery and a negative elongated ear contact in circuit with the negative terminal of a battery, a switch assembly is mounted within the handle and wherein the positive elongated ear contact is in circuit with said switch assembly, said switch assembly comprises a contact carrier having contact means adapted to open and close a circuit between the positive elongated ear contact and the positive terminal of a battery, said switch assembly has a first contact in circuit with said positive elongated ear contact and a second contact in circuit with the positive terminal of a battery and wherein said contact means on said contact carrier is adapted to open and close the circuit between the elongated ear contact and the positive terminal of the battery, the negative elongated ear contact is in circuit with the negative terminal of a battery, said connecting head contacts comprise unshaped contacts mounted in the openings in said head.