Patent ID: 7261456

Claim:
An illuminated traffic wand comprising a hilt being tubular and having an interior comprising an illumination cavity formed at the rear end of the hilt; and a tapered wand seat formed at the front end of the hilt and communicating with the illumination cavity; a front end; a rear end; an external surface; a mounting hole formed radially through the hilt near the front end; a wand being a rod of translucent material that transmits and radiates light and comprising a distal end; a proximal end being tapered, corresponding to the tapered wand seat of the interior of the hilt and having a pinhole aligning with the mounting hole in the hilt to connect the wand to the hilt; and a flat surface; and a mounting pin mounted in the mounting hole in the hilt and the pinhole in the proximal end to securely hold the wand in the hilt; an illumination device mounted in the illumination cavity in the hilt for illuminating and making the wand shine and comprising a battery seat having a front end facing the flat surface at the proximal end of the wand; and a rear end; an illumination element mounted on the front end of the battery seat and having a circuit board having a front surface facing the flat surface at the proximal end of the wand; and a rear surface; multiple light sources mounted on the front surface of the circuit board; and a switch mounted on the front surface of the circuit board; and a spring attached to the front surface of the circuit board and abutting the flat surface at the proximal end of the wand; a cap connected to the rear end of the hilt, holding the illumination device in the illumination cavity in the interior of the hilt for activating the illumination device to cause the wand to shine and comprising a sleeve connected to the rear end of the hilt and having an inner end; an outer end; and a lip formed at the outer end of the sleeve and protruding inward; and a pushbutton mounted slidably inside the sleeve, protruding from the outer end of the sleeve and having an outer end protruding from the outer end of the sleeve for being pressed to activate the switch and the light sources on the circuit board by pressing the switch against the flat surface at the proximal end of the wand; an inner end; and a flange formed around and protruding radially out from the inner end of the pushbutton and held in the cap by the lip.