Patent ID: 7070297

Claim:
A flashlight comprising: a body, a light reflector structure, one or more batteries, an electrical circuit including a switch, a light emitting member, a piggyback member, an intermediate cap, and an end cap; the body, defining a space in which the battery is maintained, and having a head end and an intermediate end; the light reflector structure is secured to the head end portion of the body and the light emitting element is secured in the light reflector structure; power from the battery is provided to the light emitting element by the electrical circuit which may be interrupted by the switch; the intermediate cap is secured to the body at the intermediate end of the body; a biasing means disposed between the intermediate cap and the battery compels the battery to a predetermined position in contact with the light reflector structure; a first end of the piggyback member is secured to the intermediate cap while the end cap is secured to a second end of the piggyback member thereby defining a closed space within the piggyback member; said piggy back member being substantially cylindrical in shape, and said body being substantially tubular and the cylindrical shape of the piggyback member having a larger diameter than the tubular body.