Light having a compartment accommodating batteries of different types, sizes and/or shapes

A portable device comprising:

• an operative element for operating when energized;
• a switch for controlling energization of said operative element;
• a housing supporting said operative element and said switch, said housing having a cylindrical compartment for receiving batteries of different sizes, wherein the cylindrical compartment has a relatively larger diameter in a central region thereof and has a relatively smaller diameter at least at one end thereof;
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• first and second electrical contacts at opposite ends of the cylindrical compartment for making electrical connection to a battery when a battery is received therein, wherein the battery may be of a relatively larger diameter and a relatively shorter length or may be of a relatively smaller diameter and a relatively longer length.

A portable light comprising:

• a light source for producing light when energized;
• a switch for controlling energization of said light source;
• a light housing supporting said light source and said switch, said light housing having a compartment for receiving batteries of different sizes, wherein said compartment has a relatively larger transverse dimension in one region thereof for receiving a battery having a corresponding relatively larger transverse dimension and has a relatively smaller transverse dimension at least at one end thereof for receiving a battery having a corresponding relatively smaller transverse dimension;
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• first and second electrical contacts in the compartment for making electrical connection to the terminals of a battery when a battery is received therein, wherein the at least one of said first and second electrical contacts is movable within the compartment for making electrical connection to the terminals of batteries having a relatively shorter length and a relatively longer length.

A portable device comprising:

• an operative element for operating when energized;
• a switch for controlling energization of said operative element;
• a housing supporting said operative element and said switch, said housing having a compartment for receiving batteries of different sizes, wherein the compartment has a relatively larger transverse dimension in one region thereof for receiving a battery having a corresponding relatively larger transverse dimension and has a relatively smaller transverse dimension at least at one end thereof for receiving a battery having a corresponding relatively smaller transverse dimension;
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• first and second electrical contacts in the compartment for making electrical connection to the terminals of a battery when a battery is received therein, wherein the at least one of said first and second electrical contacts is movable within the compartment for making electrical connection to the terminals of batteries having a relatively shorter length and a relatively longer length.