Patent ID: 8430522

Claim:
A holster for holding a portable battery powered LED light stick providing visual signalling, the light stick comprising a handle portion comprising at least one protuberance and a light emitting tube portion attached to the handle portion, the holster comprising: a hollow tubular body open at both a forward end and a rearward end with at said forward end thereof at least one protuberance receiving channel and an opening adapted to receive therein the light stick such that the light stick is retained within said opening at the handle portion in a selected one of both a stored position and a reversed light-emitting position; wherein in said stored position each of the at least one protuberance is engaged in a respective one of said at least one channel thereby limiting travel of the handle within said body such that said body is accommodated over the tube portion and in said light-emitting position each of the at least one protuberance is engaged in a respective one of said at least one channel thereby limiting travel of the handle within said body such that the tube portion is exposed and extends away from said forward end.