Patent ID: 6874908

Claim:
A flashlight comprising: a housing having a bore and a hole at a forward end thereof; an elongated flexible/bendable member having a first end thereof extending through the hole in said housing from interior the bore thereof, and including at least two electrical conductors extending substantially the length thereof; securing means disposed around said elongated flexible/bendable member interior the bore of said housing for securing said elongated flexible/bendable member in said housing; wherein said securing means comprises a split collar compressed in the bore of said housing; a light source disposed at a second end of said elongated flexible/bendable member distal said housing and connected to the at least two electrical conductors thereof; at least one battery in said housing; and a switch for selectively connecting said light source and said at least one battery in circuit via the at least two conductors of said elongated flexible/bendable member for causing said light source to produce light.