Patent ID: 7455420

Claim:
An illuminating device, comprising: a sheath having an upper housing part, a lower housing part lying in a plane, and a plurality of apertures extending through the lower housing part in a direction perpendicular to the plane and spaced apart along a longitudinal direction; a slide member mounted on the sheath for sliding movement along the longitudinal direction between a retracted position in which the slide member is located within the sheath between the housing parts, and an extended position in which the slide member extends longitudinally exteriorly of the sheath; an energizable light source mounted on the slide member for joint sliding movement between a first position in which the light source is aligned with one of the apertures in the retracted position, and a second position in which the light source is aligned with another of the apertures in the extended position; and an actuator on the sheath for energizing the light source in the first position to emit light through said one aligned aperture, and for energizing the light source in the second position to emit light through said another aligned aperture.