Patent ID: 6814466
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: F21L,F21V,Y10S

Abstract:
A flashlight comprising:a flashlight body having a first end and a second end; a head assembly operatively coupled to the first end of the flashlight body and including a lamp; an endcap removably coupled to the second end of the flashlight body and having a peripheral side wall and a bore defined within said end cap; first and second switches disposed within said bore; said end cap having a first end adapted for mating with the second end of the flashlight body, and having a second end provided with a closure; one of said first and second switches comprising a latching ON/OFF switch that can be activated to open or close an electrical circuit including the lamp in response to actuation of a first switch actuator, and the other of said first and second switches comprising an intermittent switch operative to intermittently close an electrical circuit including the lamp only when activated in response to actuation of a second switch actuator, a selected one of said first and second switch actuators being exposed outwardly of said end closure, the other of said first and second switch actuators being exposed outwardly of a peripheral sidewall of said flashlight body or said end cap whereby said lamp can be continuously connected in electrical circuit in response to actuation of said first switch actuator or can be intermittently connected in electrical circuit in response to intermittent actuation of said second switch actuator.