Patent ID: 8348465

Claim:
A glow stick, comprising: a housing; a lighting assembly mounted within the housing, the lighting assembly including at least two light sources, at least one power source, two switches, one of the switches configured to control one of the at least two light source and the other switch configured to control another of the at least two light sources, and circuitry for controlling the at least two light sources; an elongated body mounted to the housing, the elongated body formed from a material that is transparent or translucent to light transmission, the elongated body defining a longitudinal axis, wherein one of the light sources is mounted within the housing to provide a flashlight, the flashlight mounted to the housing at an angle of about 90 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the other of the light sources is directed into the elongated body generally along the longitudinal axis to illuminate the elongated body so that light is visible therefrom, and wherein the light source for the flashlight is switchable between a constant on and a constant off state and the light source illuminating the body is switchable among a constant on state, a constant off state and an intermittent state and wherein the flashlight light source and the body light source are operable independently of one another.