Patent ID: 8444289

Claim:
A combination headlamp and flashlight assembly, comprising: a headlamp base including a single locking element that electrically and mechanically connects; a headlamp head including a light source, the headlamp head including a single locking element that electrically and mechanically connects; and a combination handle and battery pack including a single locking element that electrically and mechanically connects, wherein the combination headlamp and flashlight assembly is changeable between a headlamp configuration and a handheld flashlight configuration, in the headlamp configuration the single locking element of the headlamp head is mechanically and electrically coupled to the single locking element of the headlamp base to form a headlamp, and the combination handle and battery pack is electrically coupled to the headlamp base for powering the light source to provide illumination, and in the handheld flashlight configuration the single locking element of the headlamp head is mechanically and electrically coupled to the single locking element of the combination handle and battery pack to form a handheld flashlight where the combination handle and battery pack forms a handle and body of the handheld flashlight and powers the light source to provide illumination.