Patent ID: 8152330

Claim:
A compactly sized, self-contained lighting module comprising: a light source for generating a light beam therewith and having first and second terminals; a power source for providing electrical power to the light source; a housing having an internal space for the light source and power source with the first terminal extending between the light source and power source in engagement with the power source in the housing internal space; a switch device for activating the light source having an actuator portion for being shifted by a user between on and off positions; an inclined surface portion of the switch device which is shifted by shifting of the actuator portion to electrically connect the second terminal with the power source with the actuator portion shifted to the on position; an external cover wall of the housing having inner and outer surface; a through slot of the housing cover wall through which the switch device actuator portion extends for being shifted along the through slot; and an internal elongate recess formed in the inner surface of the housing cover wall to extend along and beyond the through slot in the housing internal space so as to be longer than the through slot and having the switch device inclined surface portion received therein for being shifted along the internal elongate recess.