Patent ID: 6322233
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: F21L,F21W

Abstract:
An emergency flashlight comprising:a handle portion shaped and sized so as to be easily grasped manually;a rotary portion mounted on the handle portion for rotation about a rotary axis with respect to the handle portion;an elongate portion having a first end and a second end, the first end being mounted on the rotary portion so that the elongate portion can rotate along with the rotary portion about said rotary axis when the second end extends substantially radially away from said rotary axis, the elongate portion being adapted, when not rotating about the rotary axis, to swivel in a hypothetical plane containing the rotary axis between a storage position in which it lies substantially alongside the handle portion and an active position in which it extends substantially radially away from said rotary axis;a light-producing member mounted on the elongate portion;the handle portion including generating means and gear means by which electrical energy can be manually created by swinging the handle portion with a circular motion, thereby causing the elongate portion and the rotary portion to rotate together about the rotary axis; andconductive means for conducting said electrical energy to said light-producing member.