Patent ID: 7018064

Claim:
A flashlight assembly comprising: a housing having a bottom wall and a side wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall; a light emitting diode having a head portion and first and second spaced contact arms extending rearwardly from said head portion, said second contact arm having a shorter length than said first contact arm, said diode being received within said housing with said head portion of said diode being received in an aperture in said side wall of said housing, said first contact arm extending along said bottom wall of said housing and being captured within a channel formed in said bottom wall, said second contact arm resting on a raised shoulder of formed within said housing; a battery having a first and second contacts, said battery being received within said housing with said second contact in electrical communication with said first contact arm of said diode; and a switch device extending between said first contact of said battery and said second contact arm of said diode, said switch being selectively movable between a normally open state and a closed state to selectively energize said diode.