Patent ID: 7239237

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a housing; a rechargeable battery source disposed and held in said housing for providing a first source of direct current; a hand-crank dynamo, disposed and held in said housing, wherein said hand-crank dynamo is configured to electrically replenish said rechargeable battery source; a direct current input receptacle configured for receiving a second source of direct current; an electric circuit disposed and held in said housing, said electric circuit in electrical communication with said rechargeable battery source and said direct current input receptacle to receive direct current from said first source of direct current or said second source of direct current; a cell phone charger output jack disposed and held in said housing; wherein said cell phone charger jack is in electrical communication with said electric circuit; a radio receiver, disposed and held in said housing, wherein said radio receiver is adapted to receive a National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration or Environment Canada weather station, and wherein said radio receiver is in electrical communication with said electric circuit; and a power switch disposed and held in said housing, wherein the power switch is in electrical communication with said cell phone charger jack, and wherein when said power switch is in a first position, the cell phone charger jack is energized; and when said power switch is in a second position, the cell phone charger jack is not energized.