Patent ID: 7059894

Claim:
A battery seat comprising: a base having a bottom and an edge; a positive terminal seat formed at the edge of the base and extending up from the bottom of the base; a negative terminal seat formed at the edge of the base opposite to the positive terminal seat and extending up from the bottom of the base; a sidewall formed at the edge of base, extending up from the bottom of the base, connecting to the positive terminal seat and the negative terminal seat, said sidewall having a top inner edge, multiple lips formed separately on the top inner edge and extending radially inward and a recessed accommodating portion defining at least one angled wall; a battery cavity defined on the base inside the sidewall and between the positive terminal seat and the negative terminal seat; a positive terminal mounted on the positive terminal seat having a positive contact and a tab, said positive contact adapted to press against a positive terminal of a battery mounted in the battery cavity, said tab connecting to a top end of the positive contact and facing the battery cavity; said tab being actuable to displace within said recessed accommodating portion against said angled wall for responsive deflection of at least one of said multiple lips; and a negative terminal mounted on the negative terminal seat having a negative contact connecting to the negative terminal, said negative contact being located in the bottom of the base and adapted to press against a negative terminal of the battery mounted in the battery cavity.