Patent ID: 6814465
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: F21L,F21V

Abstract:
A security flashlight which comprises:a) an elongated, cylindrical hard casing comprising a battery compartment, a first end, and a second end; b) a removable end cap on said second end to insert and remove one or more batteries into or from said hard casing; c) a light source at said first end of said hard casing; and d) a handgrip area peripherally arranged around a region of said hard casing the intermediate said first end and said second end, said region underlying said hand grip area, said handgrip area comprising means for electrically switching between an activation position and a deactivation position in response to a selected hand grip pressure, wherein said selected hand grip pressure exceeds a hand grip pressure that would be required merely to hold the flashlight and direct the light source, and wherein said switching means comprise one or more radial pressure-activated on-off switches.