Patent ID: 7866841

Claim:
A method of operating a flashlight having a plurality of operating modes including a high intensity light mode, a low intensity light mode and a strobe light mode, the flashlight having a user-operated switch having a long throw latching the flashlight on and off and a shorter throw cycling the flashlight through one or more of the plurality of operating modes, and logic circuits responsive to the switch and providing a selection of any one of the plurality of operating modes, wherein said method comprises: turning on the flashlight with a first long throw and release of the switch and latching the flashlight on in a high intensity light mode with the long throw and release of the switch; providing a first electrical pulse to the logic circuits with a short throw and release the switch; switching from the high intensity light mode to a low intensity light mode with the first electrical pulse; providing a second electrical pulse to the logic circuits with a short throw and release of the switch; and switching from the low intensity light mode to a strobe light mode with the second electrical pulse.