Patent ID: 6840653

Claim:
A flashlight assembly comprising: a housing having a bottom wall and a side wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall, an electrically conductive path extending from said bottom wall upwardly along said side wall and a threaded opening opposite said bottom wall; a battery having a first contact and a second contact said battery received within said housing wherein said first contact is in electrical communication with electrically conductive path; a flashlight head, said flashlight head including, a tubular enclosure having a side wall, and an end wall, wherein inner surfaces of said end wall and said side wall cooperate to define said tubular enclosure having an open end, said end wall having at least one inwardly extending aperture, a mounting board received in said open end of said enclosure, and at least one LED mounted on said inner surface said mounting board having first and second contact leads, said first contact lead in electrical communication with said first contact of said battery, said at least one LED being slideably received within said at least one aperture in said end wall; and a switch assembly disposed between said second contact lead of said LED and said second contact of said battery, said switch assembly being operable to selectively energize said lighting element.