Patent ID: 8979298
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: F21L,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A flashlight with a sidelight structure, comprising a hollow-cored gripping portion, a battery holding unit insertable into the gripping portion, a frontlight unit disposed at a front end of the battery holding unit, a reflector insertedly disposed around the front end of the battery holding unit, and a transparent cap rotatably fastened to an external thread at a front end of the gripping portion, wherein at least a sidelight is disposed laterally at a predetermined position on the battery holding unit, wherein a through-hole corresponding in position to the at least a sidelight is peripherally disposed at the gripping portion and thus receivingly coupleable to a transparent sidelight cover, wherein upper and lower holes are peripherally disposed at the gripping portion, opposite to the through-hole, and receivingly coupleable to a frontlight switch and a sidelight switch for controllably switching between ON/OFF of a frontlight source and a sidelight source, wherein a user selectively presses the frontlight switch to turn on a frontlight or presses the sidelight switch to turn on a sidelight in accordance with an intended direction of irradiation, such that the flashlight provides illumination broadly and flexibly.