Patent ID: 8529086

Claim:
A portable illumination system comprising: at least one light source; an electrical power source; a first activated state in which the electrical power source is coupled to the at least one light source to generate a first optical output; a deactivated state in which the electrical power source is not coupled to the at least one light source and no optical output is generated; a locked state in which the electrical power source is not coupled to the at least one light source and no optical output is generated; a switching mechanism configured to receive both a first and second physical user input; a processor coupled to the switching mechanism, the processor configured to select one of the first activated state, the deactivated state, and the locked state in response to one of the first and second physical user input; wherein the processor is configured to correlate the first physical user input with a state change between the first activated state and the deactivated state; and wherein the processor is configured to correlate only the second physical user input with a state change between the locked state and either one of the first activated state or the deactivated state.