Patent ID: 6948827

Claim:
A flashlight construction comprising, in combination: a molded plastic housing comprised of first and second generally mirror image sections, said sections fitted together to form said housing, said housing having a top end, a bottom end, a light emitting opening at the bottom end and a longitudinal, centerline axis extending from the top end to the bottom end, said housing including a disc shaped battery chamber section at the top end with an internal disc shaped chamber, and an elongate projecting hollow tube section joined to said disc shaped battery chamber section; said chamber section having a centerline axis forming an angle with a centerline axis of the hollow tube section, said chamber section including a first, generally planar side with a removable cover for the battery chamber and an opposed non-conductive, integral, generally planar clip support side; a bulb mounted in the hollow tube section at the light emitting opening of the bottom end; a disc shaped battery having a first pole and a second pole, said battery located in the disc shaped chamber of the chamber section and having a first electrical conductor connection from said first pole to the bulb; and a circuit assembly including a conductive pocket clip member longitudinally fixed to the outside of the clip support side of the chamber section of the housing, said pocket clip member including conductive prongs extending through the support surface to electrically connect to the second pole of the battery in said battery chamber and to retain the pocket clip member longitudinally fixed to the chamber section, said hollow tube section including a passage therethrough aligned with the clip member, a second circuit conductor inside the hollow tube also aligned with the passage, said clip member connectable by elastic flexing to engage said second circuit conductor and thereby electrically connect to the bulb in the hollow tube section by projecting through said passage in the hollow tube section to complete a circuit with the battery, said pocket clip formed from an elastic, conductive material and normally disengaged from the second circuit conductor and flexed to engage the second circuit conductor.