Patent ID: 7284875

Claim:
An arrangement for enabling a cooperative interengagement between a flashlight and an object comprising: an object including tangs; a flashlight including a body with a battery therein, said body having a longitudinally-extending axis and a front end with a light emanating terminus; slots in said front end positioned about said axis and extending parallel to said axis, said slots adapted to slidably receive said tangs; a lamp assembly housed in said front end and electrically coupled to said battery for providing a source of light disposed to emanate from said terminus; a groove in said body orthogonal to said axis, said slots extending into said groove; and a retainer disposed in said groove and engageable with said tangs to effect the cooperative interengagement, said retainer and said tangs including a mutually cooperative latching mechanism for securing said object to said body comprising a latching element on at least one of said tangs, and a spring-like cantilevered arm on said retainer securable to said body and biased into engagement with said latching element, and being adapted to move from the biased engagement.