Patent ID: 8360598

Claim:
An electrical light comprising: a housing having a head end and a tail end and having a cavity for receiving a battery; an electrical light source disposed toward the head end of said housing; a first electrical switch disposed on said housing and including an electrically conductive flexible dome for providing one or more switch contacts; a controller disposed in said housing and electrically connected to said electrical light source and to the battery when a battery is provided in the cavity of said housing for selectively coupling electrical power from the battery to said electrical light source, wherein said controller is electrically connected to said first electrical switch and is responsive to closure or opening or both of the one or more switch contacts of said first electrical switch for controlling electrical power to said electrical light source at least for selectively energizing and de-energizing said electrical light source when the battery is present in the cavity of said housing, wherein said controller is programmable responsive to plural closures or openings or both of the one or more switch contacts of said first electrical switch, or to a time between closure or opening or both of the one or more switch contacts of said first electrical switch, or to a time of continuous closure or continuous opening or both of the one or more switch contacts of said first electrical switch, or to a combination thereof, for operating said light source in one or more predetermined operating states, and wherein said electrical light source of said electrical light is selectively energizable and de-energizable in one or more predetermined operating states responsive to said first electrical switch.